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So the question is raised again: Why?!!? (Original Post) lastlib Sep 2013 OP
Because they generate corporate profits BainsBane Sep 2013 #1
Uh, yep. ^ yesphan Sep 2013 #3
Because the constitution says it's essential maxsolomon Sep 2013 #2
fucking NRA buying off elected officials gopiscrap Sep 2013 #4
To compensate a certain group of people for something they lack? (nt) LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #5

BainsBane

(53,038 posts)
1. Because they generate corporate profits
Mon Sep 16, 2013, 04:30 PM
Sep 2013

for the gun industry. In America, profits are more important than human life. Then there is the fact that gun extremists insist their "rights trump your dead," meaning who dies is inconsequential as long as they have any and every weapon they feel like.

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
2. Because the constitution says it's essential
Mon Sep 16, 2013, 04:31 PM
Sep 2013

because it was back in the 1780s.

and the the courts have broadened the defninition of a militia to basically anyone, not that the right is even dependent on militia membership.

but you CAN limit access to automatic weapons. that's apparently fine.

but NO FURTHER. that's the line in the sand. of freedom. and gun sales.

so just lie back and accept it - there will be a mass shooting on the order of 1 every 3 weeks, every year, for your entire life.

because America.

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