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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: I keep seeing the taunt, "Obama hasn't taken away your guns" being offered by people [View all]randr
(12,600 posts)4. Since the majority of NRA Board members have economic interest in weapons factories
        I would say it is substantial.
The thing that puts the real fear in them is not sales restrictions, they would only increase the costs. The real factor is the inevitable passage of accountability laws regarding liability issues.
Just as all the things we consume, from cars to candy, have laws regarding the liability of those manufacturers or sellers.
The weapons industry so far has a pass when responsibility comes to play.
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                        I keep seeing the taunt, "Obama hasn't taken away your guns" being offered by people [View all]
							Nuclear Unicorn
							Jan 2016
							OP
                        
        
        How much money does the NRA make from gun sales and how much would they lose
        Nuclear Unicorn
        Jan 2016
        #3
      
        
        Since the majority of NRA Board members have economic interest in weapons factories
        randr
        Jan 2016
        #4
      
        
        How do you determine if someone is going to illegally use a gun and if it is discernible
        Nuclear Unicorn
        Jan 2016
        #11
      
        
        The WOD took out the 4th; the 5th -- any Tom, Dick or Harry with a watch List?
        Eleanors38
        Jan 2016
        #95
      
        
        We've been through this many times before.  Insurance doesn't work the way you believe,
        branford
        Jan 2016
        #35
      
        
        Frankly, I would take that supposed 34% of US population has guns with a HUGE grain of salt
        Big_Mike
        Jan 2016
        #36
      
        
        Or you want that percentage to be much be much lower to justify your feelings as normal.
        Nuclear Unicorn
        Jan 2016
        #47
      
        
        My post merely mentions the administration because of the claims made by advocates.
        Nuclear Unicorn
        Jan 2016
        #12
      
        
        Ammosexual paranoia is not negated by my own personal support for Austrailian style arms control.
        stone space
        Jan 2016
        #73
      
        
        So the thing RKBA supporters say you want to do you admit you want to do.
        Nuclear Unicorn
        Jan 2016
        #74
      
        
        Whose brother did I attack? Whose father? What did my dead father and brother do to you?
        stone space
        Jan 2016
        #97
      
        
        You offered a lame straw man about helicopters I gave it the attention it merited.
        Nuclear Unicorn
        Jan 2016
        #81
      
        
        Militant Pacifists have disarmed more fearsome weapons than that. Never underestimate Nonviolence.
        stone space
        Jan 2016
        #92
      
        
        He has, you simply didn't get it: Militant pacifism only works against those with a conscience
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jan 2016
        #105
      
  