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Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

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12. You know, if MDA/VPC/CSGV/Brady/Joyce et al wanted to sell as many guns as possible,

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 07:37 PM

Sep 2015

then it's hard to think of how they could shape *their* rhetoric and legislative proposals more effectively than what they already do. Bloomberg is the best AR-15 salesman in the nation. Every time sales start to return to normal, he kicks off another "let's ban more guns and magazines" campaign, and then sales of modern-looking rifles, handguns, and regular magazines go to the moon again.

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Right wing discourse on guns is completely shaped by the gun industry’s desire to sell more guns [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2014 OP

I have a weird idea for a satiric comedy-skit... DetlefK Aug 2014 #1

I wouldn't know, but as Capitalism goes, it makes perfectly good sense that they would. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #2

Kick SecularMotion Sep 2015 #3

There's desperation for ya, do you Rec your own stuff too? DonP Sep 2015 #4

Trashed, as is all of his/hers/its posts. oneshooter Sep 2015 #5

Yeah, if only there was a group where he could openly support gun control and confiscation ... DonP Sep 2015 #6

All he can do Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #7

Guns are mean and scary. ileus Sep 2015 #8

Allow me to retort ... Straw Man Sep 2015 #9

Controller discourse on gun control is completely shaped by the Controller desire to control. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #10

Trashing a year-old thread. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #11

You know, if MDA/VPC/CSGV/Brady/Joyce et al wanted to sell as many guns as possible, benEzra Sep 2015 #12