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anoNY42

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

Reply to mainstreetonce (Original post)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:48 AM

Jun 2016

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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Why not refuse to sell them? [View all] 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