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A new gun store that REALLY pissed off the NRA (Original Post) zebonaut Mar 2015 OP
I'm glad to see this Iwillnevergiveup Mar 2015 #1
Quite powerful. Veilex Mar 2015 #2
just.....wow TheSarcastinator Mar 2015 #3
Thank you. Ineeda Mar 2015 #4
Exactly! sellitman Mar 2015 #33
Good idea. I have some family members who will see red with this, but I'm all for it! 1monster Mar 2015 #5
Interesting..... DreamSmoker Mar 2015 #6
Question: F4lconF16 Mar 2015 #7
Who doesn't have a right to possess or use a gun besides criminals? Kids? Unstable people? Sancho Mar 2015 #9
"Not one person yet has killed a Attacker in self defense to date here" Scootaloo Mar 2015 #27
A gun store Runningdawg Mar 2015 #8
What information is false? VWolf Mar 2015 #10
Well, first, those guns were not really used in the described events. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #22
I wondered the same thing... KansDem Mar 2015 #25
Exactly. And it IS a powerful statement. Well done, GWH, bravo!!! peacebird Mar 2015 #28
Funny I was thinking the same thing... WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2015 #11
Yep. Pregnancy counseling centers in Texas = antiabortion network... Eleanors38 Mar 2015 #13
Ah, nice conflation there. You've flagged yourself as someone for my Ignore list. Buh-bye! nt valerief Mar 2015 #15
Sandy Hook, 1 mother, 6 teachers, 20 kids...gone in the flash of American gun fetish. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #12
What a great idea! raven mad Mar 2015 #14
wow!. . . . . .n/t annabanana Mar 2015 #16
ffl EXTT Mar 2015 #17
They were replicas. ncjustice80 Mar 2015 #30
Powerful. secondvariety Mar 2015 #18
Okay, that's just awesome. byronius Mar 2015 #19
... freshwest Mar 2015 #20
K & R LiberalLovinLug Mar 2015 #21
Powerful. I own several guns, but they are strictly for sustenence hunting and collection purposes. nightscanner59 Mar 2015 #23
Help this video go viral zebonaut Mar 2015 #24
What if after hearing the story behind each gun you still want to buy the gun? bluestateguy Mar 2015 #26
Does anyone know how these guns and their terrible history were given or purchased to set up midnight Mar 2015 #29
They were just replicas ncjustice80 Mar 2015 #31
I would like to see the out takes Duckhunter935 Mar 2015 #32

Ineeda

(3,626 posts)
4. Thank you.
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 02:37 PM
Mar 2015

The gun culture makes me angry, makes me sick, and makes me cry. I remember thinking after Sandy Hook, "Maybe now..." But no, the nuts are even more nutty.

DreamSmoker

(841 posts)
6. Interesting.....
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 02:57 PM
Mar 2015

I am an aberration.... A Liberal who believes in the right to own a Gun...
I have no issue with this Video..
Even I would not buy one of those Guns...
My Weapons all have a History as well....
All were bought new except the Rifles my Grandfather used to hunt Moose, and Duck in Canada..

Here is one for you all..
I live in Pomona California..
We made national news this week..
A Rookie L.A. Police shot a man dead just the other night just a block or two from my House..
The Story made it on MSN web page top story..
Here is more..
Type in Murders in Pomona..
All and I mean all are Criminal.. Most Gang related..
I now how well armed my Neighbors are...
It makes little difference..
All the Murders are committed by Criminals here.. Drive By Shooting is the norm..
The Murders go on and on..... Not one person yet has killed a Attacker in self defense to date here...
Fact is we are Americans and have the right to own the Guns..
So is it the Guns or the Criminals who are responsible???


F4lconF16

(3,747 posts)
7. Question:
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:09 PM
Mar 2015
I now how well armed my Neighbors are...
It makes little difference..

...

Not one person yet has killed a Attacker in self defense to date here...

Why would you feel the need to hold one for self-defense, then? (and I don't know if you do or not, more of a general question). The only reason I can see to own one would be for hunting or target practice. Do you agree with the use of guns as self-defense?

Fact is we are Americans and have the right to own the Guns..

The right to do something doesn't imply that we should do it.

Also, why would the history of a gun matter to you when you buy it? It is a gun. It's the exact same as any other gun of it's type. Why would you not buy those, but you would buy others?

I love your username, by the way.

Sancho

(9,067 posts)
9. Who doesn't have a right to possess or use a gun besides criminals? Kids? Unstable people?
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:26 PM
Mar 2015

All rights have limits. Where is your limit?

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
27. "Not one person yet has killed a Attacker in self defense to date here"
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 06:34 AM
Mar 2015

Yeah, that's the way it usually goes.

All the Murders are committed by Criminals here..


...yeah, seeing as how murder is a crime...

Runningdawg

(4,516 posts)
8. A gun store
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:13 PM
Mar 2015

that's not really a gun store, luring customers with false information. Great idea huh? That's what the pro-fetus zealots do to unsuspecting women seeking an abortion. Not cool. Not cool at all.

VWolf

(3,944 posts)
10. What information is false?
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:32 PM
Mar 2015

It seemed the "owner" was merely telling the story behind each gun in the store.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that's what he was doing. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
22. Well, first, those guns were not really used in the described events.
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 04:34 PM
Mar 2015

And, second, some of what were alleged to be for sale are not able to be sold legally in NYC.

So the whole thing was bullshit.

I imagine they had to run the show for several days just to find the few reactions they were looking for.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
25. I wondered the same thing...
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 06:13 AM
Mar 2015
...those guns were not really used in the described events.

But I surmised they were not the actual guns but rather the same make and model as the ones used(?)

Kind of like the replica of the gun that shot Lincoln--



It makes a powerful statement.

It would have been impossible to get the actual guns.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
11. Funny I was thinking the same thing...
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:33 PM
Mar 2015

But my angle was more like- so much of the gun crowd favor forcing a woman to watch anti-abortion horror films (euphemistically called "counseling&quot but I bet they'd lose their minds if they had to go through something similar before buying a gun...

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
13. Yep. Pregnancy counseling centers in Texas = antiabortion network...
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:48 PM
Mar 2015

Lot of hardware, lease, (presumably) salaries. Who pays for this?

This won't last.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
12. Sandy Hook, 1 mother, 6 teachers, 20 kids...gone in the flash of American gun fetish.
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:45 PM
Mar 2015

"Every gun has a history...do not repeat it."

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
14. What a great idea!
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 04:06 PM
Mar 2015

Wouldn't work here - stuff is way too open and we're way too red, gun-wise, a state. Wish it would, though.......... sigh, that ole Democratic idealism raises it's weary head again!

EXTT

(1 post)
17. ffl
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 04:19 PM
Mar 2015

Do they have the federal ffl to sell those guns ? Do they have the proper permits to even posses them ?

ncjustice80

(948 posts)
30. They were replicas.
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 08:09 AM
Mar 2015

The point was to dissuade people from buying them. Im sure some teapublikkkan ammosexuals tried to buy them anyway though :/

nightscanner59

(802 posts)
23. Powerful. I own several guns, but they are strictly for sustenence hunting and collection purposes.
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 05:07 PM
Mar 2015

And they are kept out on my very remote ranch property, far from urban crime, very securely hidden and locked away. Several are antiques, heirlooms from my late father. I'm very much a background-check's supporter, want there to be a much more comprehensive system for that. The horrific stories of gunshot victims from guns purchased "for protection" are inexhaustible. I have worked at trauma units that see these victims daily, many do survive thanks to rapid trauma intervention of a "poor shot" if it was intended to kill, and even more idiotic "accidents" but the victims regardless are scarred for life.
I know many former military who are also very protective of not allowing their firearms to fall into the wrong hands, and a few crazy idiotic gun-nuts who are totally uncaring where and with whom their firearms are placed. Its just the latter sort I'd love to remove gun ownership rights from....
Yes, there you have it folks! I'm gay and here to take your guns.

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
26. What if after hearing the story behind each gun you still want to buy the gun?
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 06:28 AM
Mar 2015

Will they still sell it to you?

midnight

(26,624 posts)
29. Does anyone know how these guns and their terrible history were given or purchased to set up
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 07:47 AM
Mar 2015

another form of retail? I'm thinking they were purchased at a police auction but who is funding this GWH.?

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
32. I would like to see the out takes
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 08:13 AM
Mar 2015

that did not make it because they were outed or they did not fit the ant-gun narrative.

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