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In reply to the discussion: Educate Cabela's re: protecting assault weapons that could kill US Troops in the world's hot spots. [View all]regjoe
(206 posts)34. You are grasping at straws
By your logic, anybody who supports semi-automatic rifles being protected by the 2nd Amendment in the US, also supports fully automatic weapons being sold to other countries. An unfair and ridiculous assertion.
IF you are all that concerned about US made weapons being sold overseas, your problem and its solution is with our export laws.
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Educate Cabela's re: protecting assault weapons that could kill US Troops in the world's hot spots. [View all]
patrice
Jan 2013
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i OWN semi-auto firearms, so i really don't know what the fuck you're going on about..
frylock
Jan 2013
#39
Domestic gun issues aside, what about how our troops, you know, the ones we all "support"? What
patrice
Jan 2013
#30
If you are part of a larger entity that does any of that, including protecting export laws, you are
patrice
Jan 2013
#37
No, NRA the same organization that supports Cabela's assault weapons market, also is pushing S.2205
patrice
Jan 2013
#5
The NRA is bascially a manufacturers' trade association. Bushmaster CEO is on their board, so are
patrice
Jan 2013
#7
I've always known the US is the biggest arms seller (= with China) in the world but those stories
patrice
Jan 2013
#9
You mean all those 4+ million voluntary members are all firearms manufacturers?
GreenStormCloud
Jan 2013
#10
You don't have to be arms manufacturers to support those who support arms manufacturers. nt
patrice
Jan 2013
#11
Surely you're not saying that the business of gun-making cannot survive as a business, without
patrice
Jan 2013
#13
I'm saying it would not be unlikely that both organizations know one another quite well. NRA is one
patrice
Jan 2013
#15
Bad business model? They are making huge sales, and huge (for them) profits.
GreenStormCloud
Jan 2013
#17
You appear in #12 to be saying buying guns from gun makers is not enough & one must "support"
patrice
Jan 2013
#18
By support I mean to oppose overly restrictive laws, and most gun bans.
GreenStormCloud
Jan 2013
#19
Chicken or the egg stuff there. Self-fulfilling prophecies that try to get us to think all of the
patrice
Jan 2013
#20