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phantom power

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2. The NRA and the gun manufacturers have a good racket going on

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:28 AM

Jan 2013

Every time a Democrat gets elected, and/or anybody even utters the words "gun control", they've got their membership trained to freak out and rush to gun retailers and gun shows and empty the shelves of guns and ammo.

Firearms manufacturers must break out the champaign every time this happens.

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NRA represents gun manufacturers, not gun owners. [View all] deminks Jan 2013 OP

The NRA's annual budget is 220 million. Travis_0004 Jan 2013 #1

The NRA and the gun manufacturers have a good racket going on phantom power Jan 2013 #2

This sounds more like an article of faith than a statement of fact. dairydog91 Jan 2013 #3

a massive spike in gun sales... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #4

The NSSA is the manufacturers group ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #5

And the NRA is their whore. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2013 #8

Facts are facts randr Jan 2013 #6

I'm thinking that the NRA is in the same league as the Islamic Imam's Fresh_Start Jan 2013 #7