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JohnnyRingo

(18,635 posts) Thu Oct 18, 2012, 06:34 PM Oct 2012

Gun shop "election season" sale.

I've seen a lot of stupid sales in my lifetime, from Presidents Day mattress sales to inventory reduction events, none of them even make sense. This newspaper type flyer arrived in my mailbox today.

It's late October, couldn't they call it a "Zombie Protection Sale", or "An Oktoberfest Luger & Lager sale"? I really don't even see it as partisan, as they could just as easily add both candidates to the flyer with crosshairs over each and sent the same message, it's just a matter of marketing stupidity in these fiercely divided times:

On edit:
I see the sale ends on election day, so this is a "one shot" deal.

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Gun shop "election season" sale. (Original Post) JohnnyRingo Oct 2012 OP

+1. Those who profit from lethal weapons have no shame. Hoyt Oct 2012 #1

And When the Murder Rate Spikes After The Election AndyTiedye Oct 2012 #2

Why do you assume that those who buy handguns are going to vote for Rmoney? ProgressiveProfessor Oct 2012 #3

Dems Would be More Likely to Turn the Guns on Themselves if We Lose AndyTiedye Oct 2012 #4

We must hang out with a different kind of Dems ProgressiveProfessor Oct 2012 #6

They must be scared Mitt will sign gun laws like he did in MA tarheelsunc Oct 2012 #5

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. +1. Those who profit from lethal weapons have no shame.

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 07:41 PM

Oct 2012

AndyTiedye

(23,500 posts)

2. And When the Murder Rate Spikes After The Election

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:07 PM

Oct 2012

They will insist that nobody could have predicted that the folks who bought these guns would be really sore losers.

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

3. Why do you assume that those who buy handguns are going to vote for Rmoney?

Reply to AndyTiedye (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:01 PM

Oct 2012

I had a class full of new shooters a few weeks back...all of them supporting the President in the voting booth and a mix of Berettas and Sigs on the firing line.

AndyTiedye

(23,500 posts)

4. Dems Would be More Likely to Turn the Guns on Themselves if We Lose

Reply to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 20, 2012, 02:10 PM

Oct 2012

Style Note: "We" as I am in the category "Dems", "Themselves" as I am not in the category of "Dems" who own guns.

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

6. We must hang out with a different kind of Dems

Reply to AndyTiedye (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 20, 2012, 03:25 PM

Oct 2012

The ones I am teaching have come to the realization that the world is not always a nice place and that they are going to have to be the one responsible for tbeir own safety. Pretty mentally tough people. While I would not expect them to hurt others, I do not expect them to commit suicide either

tarheelsunc

(2,117 posts)

5. They must be scared Mitt will sign gun laws like he did in MA

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2012, 02:25 PM

Oct 2012

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