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farminator3000

(2,117 posts)
25. and why can't you, legally? not because of any sensible reason, solely for NRA profits
Tue Jan 22, 2013, 10:58 PM
Jan 2013

“Your fight has become our fight,” then-NRA president Charlton Heston declared before a crowd of gun company executives at the annual SHOT Show, the industry's biggest trade show. “Your legal threat has become our constitutional threat," he said.

Following the passage of the shield law that dismembered those lawsuits, the NRA launched a new fundraising drive targeting firearms companies the organization had just helped in a big way. That effort, dubbed "Ring of Freedom," paid off handsomely. Since 2005, the NRA drive has pulled in $14.7 million to $38.9 million from dozens of gun industry giants, including Beretta USA, Glock and Sturm, Ruger, according to a 2011 study by the Violence Policy Center, a group that favors gun control.

The Violence Policy Center study cited an NRA promotional brochure about the corporate partnership drive, noting that LaPierre promised that “this program is geared towards your company’s corporate interests.”


Despite the millions of dollars it has collected from the gun industry, the NRA’s website says “it is not affiliated with any firearm or ammunition manufacturers or with any businesses that deal in guns and ammunition.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/11/nra-gun-control-firearms-industry-ties_n_2434142.html

Lets do the same to Anheuser-Busch while we are at it. hack89 Jan 2013 #1
I'm all for getting rid of that horse piss they call beer tularetom Jan 2013 #2
Indict them for cultural crimes if nothing else. nt hack89 Jan 2013 #4
It's all about protecting the guns for you, isn't it Hugabear Jan 2013 #3
Why can't we take care of two social ills at the same time? hack89 Jan 2013 #5
I don't have to protect my guns from imaginary threats. hack89 Jan 2013 #6
Please explain to me why my doctor has suggested I have two alcoholic drinks everyday. ... spin Jan 2013 #11
Because he knows that most people are responsible in their behavior? hack89 Jan 2013 #12
Plus I am a senior citizen with high blood pressure. ... spin Jan 2013 #20
and tobacco Duckhunter935 Jan 2013 #26
Even if you could sue gun mfgs, which you legally can't, you'd have to prove the gun was "new" OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #7
and why can't you, legally? not because of any sensible reason, solely for NRA profits farminator3000 Jan 2013 #25
I agree. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #29
That's an interesting case Sgent Jan 2013 #28
Tobacco maryland native Jan 2013 #8
It's Silly, In my Opinion, To Try To Hold Gunmakers Responsible dballance Jan 2013 #9
"Guns have multiple purposes that are all non-harmful" Hugabear Jan 2013 #10
How do they end up being used mostly for their non primary purpose? Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #13
No, there are more uses dballance Jan 2013 #16
Then they're hugely defective NickB79 Jan 2013 #23
That's a no-go. SayWut Jan 2013 #14
Its almost like you're doing the work of the NRA for them. aikoaiko Jan 2013 #15
You think I care what the NRA thinks Hugabear Jan 2013 #17
Then carry on. aikoaiko Jan 2013 #22
Your hatred of firearms makes your avatar pretty ironic. n/t Mugu Jan 2013 #18
Apples and oranges Hugabear Jan 2013 #19
So, you agree with the NRA that firearms in the hands of the righteous is a good thing? n/a Mugu Jan 2013 #21
Your tobacco litigation analogy doesn't hold up onenote Jan 2013 #24
tax the bejeezus out of them for starters farminator3000 Jan 2013 #27
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