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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 02:28 PM Dec 2012

Individual gun ownership is dropping, while gun sales are increasing.

So the gun nut with 47 guns is everyday, becoming the face of gun ownership.

This will not stand. As our population increases and the political preference of these gun nuts diminishes, America will not tolerate the state of gun extremism.

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Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Good phrase -- "gun extremism." I hope this country has guts to do something about it.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 02:39 PM
Dec 2012

Australia bit the bullet in 1996, and it has helped.

I would add, that there are plenty of folks with only a few guns who are extremist too.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
2. the local gun shop in my burb was slammed this weekend...
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 02:46 PM
Dec 2012

....and the owner reported that it was the best sales days they have EVER had in thirty years. Ammo, automatic weapons, semi-automatics flying off the walls, according to the news reports.

 

leeroysphitz

(10,462 posts)
5. You can't say that. These gun fetish maniacs would sell a howitzer to
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 03:00 PM
Dec 2012

a first grader if he could get away with it.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
4. Great. When the United Nations robotic scanners come on line in a few years...
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 02:52 PM
Dec 2012

...the masses of metal will be easier to detect and collect.

...heh...

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
8. The background checks this weekend should have been pre-programmed to deny gun sales.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 03:11 PM
Dec 2012

Personally, anybody who bought weapons this weekend should have been considered a "sicko" until proven otherwise.

I pulled over and watched the f&*kers going into a local gun store after the 2008 election. Exactly what I expected, more than a few confederate flag tags/decals, McCain, those who drool over military type guns, and worse.
 

slackmaster

(60,567 posts)
6. My gun collection has done much better than stocks, bonds, and mutual funds as investments
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 03:02 PM
Dec 2012

Even better than gold or silver.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
9. And we should look at those who profit from guns much like the banksters, etc.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 03:14 PM
Dec 2012

Personally, I would not be bragging about your gun profiteering right now. But, some people have poor taste.
 

slackmaster

(60,567 posts)
10. I haven't made any actual profit. I've never sold a firearm in my life.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 03:16 PM
Dec 2012

I'm talking about paper gains here.

How do you feel about people who profit by selling their stamp collections? Do you hate them too?

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
11. Oh great, you are a gun hoarder. How do you decide what to buy? Ones that kill a lot of folks.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 04:14 PM
Dec 2012

Now I understand why the gungeon devoted always ask -- as soon as a shooting happens -- what kind of gun was used.

Are stamps used to kill people? If not, I hope they make a lot.

Would love for gun "investors" to either have them confiscated or get stuck where they are almost impossible to sell. The threat of that is something Congress should consider, that would stop gun sales dead in their tracks.
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
13. When it comes to protecting those who covet guns in society, you probably have a point.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 04:56 PM
Dec 2012

Sans guns, you seem a pretty nice fellow.

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)
15. Few gun owners sell them
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 07:06 PM
Dec 2012

Its a PITA. They just move the older one to the back of the safe. Very common. Its not like they wear out like cars.

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