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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:45 AM

mainstreetonce (3,988 posts)

Why not refuse to sell them?

One gun dealer refused to sell the Orlando terrorist ammunition and a vest.

Congress will get hung up on legislation.

Why not a campaign to dealers and business people who have basic morality?
Stop selling military assault style weapons, large magazines and large quantities of ammo.

Just stop selling weapons of mass murder.

It will never work with Walmart,but it might work with small businesses.
Every little bit helps.

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Why not refuse to sell them? (Original post)	mainstreetonce	Jun 2016	OP
walmart already took them off the shelf	Fresh_Start	Jun 2016	#1
you can buy a mini-14 ranch rifle at wally world .. essentially same rifle. n/t	DustyJoe	Jun 2016	#8
A campaign to get businesses to stop making profit...	anoNY42	Jun 2016	#2
tough to do, even if 99% of the current gun shops stop selling them it creates a market	Amishman	Jun 2016	#3
It worked with walturd...they stopped selling AR's last year.	ileus	Jun 2016	#4
Semi-automatic long guns are one of, if not the, most popular rifles for hunting and competition.	Nuclear Unicorn	Jun 2016	#5
Good idea, but why stop there?	dumbcat	Jun 2016	#6
Because there are millions of people who want to own them for legitimate purposes.	aikoaiko	Jun 2016	#7
Is this meant to be serious or some sort of satire?	NaturalHigh	Jun 2016	#9
Serious	mainstreetonce	Jun 2016	#10
Okay, well good luck with that.	NaturalHigh	Jun 2016	#12
Saying there is no legitimate use for these weapons	dumbcat	Jun 2016	#17
According to the ATF 90% of guns recovered from crime scenes	flamin lib	Jun 2016	#11
Money trumps peace	gratuitous	Jun 2016	#13
I know it is about money	mainstreetonce	Jun 2016	#14
Change has to start somewhere	gratuitous	Jun 2016	#15
Because this is America	maxsolomon	Jun 2016	#16

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:48 AM

Fresh_Start (9,893 posts)

1. walmart already took them off the shelf

even walmart sometimes makes reasonable decisions.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:09 AM

DustyJoe (849 posts)

8. you can buy a mini-14 ranch rifle at wally world .. essentially same rifle. n/t

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:48 AM

anoNY42 (670 posts)

2. A campaign to get businesses to stop making profit...

Nice sentiment, but probably not going to work. Remember, not only is there profit involved, but also something like 100% of gun store owners believe in an individual right to have a semi-automatic weapon.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:49 AM

Amishman (1,864 posts)

3. tough to do, even if 99% of the current gun shops stop selling them it creates a market

and new people who only care about making a buck will enter the market and satisfy the demand

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:51 AM

ileus (15,393 posts)

4. It worked with walturd...they stopped selling AR's last year.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:55 AM

Nuclear Unicorn (19,497 posts)

5. Semi-automatic long guns are one of, if not the, most popular rifles for hunting and competition.

I've read elsewhere this is partly due to the "Streisand Effect" the phenomenon where by seeking to obscure a thing the thing gains in notoriety and popularity. What I read claims the original "Assault Weapons" Ban made people look twice at the rifles and once they began handling them the platform's popularity exploded amongst hunters and competitive shooters.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:58 AM

dumbcat (1,745 posts)

6. Good idea, but why stop there?

How about a campaign to get drug dealers to stop selling drugs? Drugs kill a lot of people.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:58 AM

aikoaiko (30,089 posts)

7. Because there are millions of people who want to own them for legitimate purposes.

Like me.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:11 AM

NaturalHigh (12,778 posts)

9. Is this meant to be serious or some sort of satire?

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:16 AM

mainstreetonce (3,988 posts)

10. Serious

Mark Barden on TV was asked,have you ever confronted a weapons dealer and ask why do you still sell the type of weapon used in mass killings? He said no.

I think it is-a legitimate question to ask. There is no legitimate use for these weapons .
Just stop selling them voluntarily.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:19 AM

NaturalHigh (12,778 posts)

12. Okay, well good luck with that.

It will likely be about as effective as asking a supermarket to stop selling meat.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 11:48 AM

dumbcat (1,745 posts)

17. Saying there is no legitimate use for these weapons

only shows a lack of comprehension and knowledge of history.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:18 AM

flamin lib (8,688 posts)

11. According to the ATF 90% of guns recovered from crime scenes

are traced to 5% of gun dealers. However it is forbidden to report these gun dealers to gun distributors.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:22 AM

gratuitous (67,471 posts)

13. Money trumps peace

But it's a good question to ask nevertheless.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:35 AM

mainstreetonce (3,988 posts)

14. I know it is about money

There are moral gun owners who might support the store that says we don't sell that type of weapon anymore.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 11:25 AM

gratuitous (67,471 posts)

15. Change has to start somewhere

Asking questions like the one you've posed can get things moving. When the knee-jerk "money trumps peace" nonsense gets dragged out, it's good to have it exposed as nonsense. Then we can move on to the next phase, "Well, if we all agree that there are some things - like people's lives - more important than the profit to be made from selling an AR-15, then why don't we . . . ?"

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 11:34 AM

maxsolomon (20,489 posts)

16. Because this is America

And Money is our God.

Gun Dealers believe they are doing the Lord's Work. The jackhole dealer that purportedly reported Mateen to the FBI thinks he's a fucking hero/patriot/Nostradamus today.

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