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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI heard this about guns in the restaurant last night
I completely forgot to post this when we got home last night.
"We can't limit gun sales in this fragile economy that needs lots of churning". Table of 16 from kids to retired. Nobody at the table offered a pro or negative reply opinion. They just let it drop.
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I heard this about guns in the restaurant last night (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jan 2013
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aquart
(69,014 posts)1. And let's not forget the necessary boost to the funeral industry.
still_one
(92,502 posts)2. And hospital industry
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)3. Sure we can. The yahoo gun cultists can take up something beneficial to society.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)4. Letting it drop seems like a reasonable thing for folks to have done.
In polite company farts aren't acknowledged and everyone goes on as if they didn't happen.
GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)5. Knoxville gun show draws thousands as demand and prices rise
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - The first large gun show in Knoxville since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre is being held this weekend.
A gunman killed 20 children and six adults at the Connecticut school on December 14th. Since the shooting, gun control has been the topic of debate for some local lawmakers and community members. The uncertain future of gun laws had many people at Saturday's event making a gun purchase.
http://www.wate.com/story/20466145/knoxville-gun-show-draws-thousands-as-demand-and-prices-rise