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In reply to the discussion: Smith & Wesson: Americans are buying fewer guns [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)63. You seem to think their key market is diminishing
Last edited Mon Jun 23, 2014, 11:08 AM - Edit history (1)
Because of gun related violence. Since gun deaths have been steadily decreasing while the population has been increasing, your math is doesn't work.
I know you didn't really mean what you said - gun discussions are driven by snark and emotions where rational thought sometimes takes a back seat. I just contributed some snark of my own.
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I wonder if this means the gun manufacturers will, paradoxically, tell the NRA to dial
Aristus
Jun 2014
#2
Not sure I buy the saturation argument. Wasn't the market pretty saturated 20 years ago too?
MillennialDem
Jun 2014
#53
Except for Curio & Relic license holders who can indeed get older guns thru the mail/online...n/t
EX500rider
Jun 2014
#38
"But Obama failed to get a bill through Congress that would have placed restrictions on these guns"
hack89
Jun 2014
#36
That may be due to the fact that everybody who ever considered that he might want ...
spin
Jun 2014
#19