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In reply to the discussion: Do you think Gun store owners realize they're profiting from the deaths of 20 dead children? [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)8. How absurd. Those who sell guns are selling the guns, those who buy them are buying them.
They took part in the same sort of frenzied purchase when Obama was first elected. A gun owner I know was all frothy about 'they are going to make ammo illegal' and like many was buying up tons of it. We did make a bet that ammo would be on sale in 2010 but that brave armed raver did not pay me when ammo was still legal and available.
A spike in sales after a mass shooting is disgusting and it does define the entire gun culture as far as I'm concerned.
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Do you think Gun store owners realize they're profiting from the deaths of 20 dead children? [View all]
NNguyenMD
Dec 2012
OP
Do you think GE bomb makers realize they're profiting from the deaths of ____ children?
L0oniX
Dec 2012
#4
How absurd. Those who sell guns are selling the guns, those who buy them are buying them.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#8
Probably no more than car dealers realize they're profiting by assisting future drunk drivers
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#11
Of course, They will deny any culpability, and shout out "get yours while you can".
jmg257
Dec 2012
#22
Yes, I do think gun store owners realize they are profiting from the deaths of 20 children.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#26
They know. Absolutely. They're just sick bastards who care more about money
Care Acutely
Dec 2012
#35