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gejohnston

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2. their theory is pretty flimsy
Thu May 5, 2016, 08:05 PM
May 2016
In the wake of the shooting, some family members of victims questioned whether the gun companies’ aggressively macho advertising of military-style rifles was irresponsible,
I have a problem with this. I bet they are the same "being male is bad, so lets fill boys full of drugs in grade school"
and whether gun companies were intentionally targeting their product to troubled, violent young men like Lanza.
Why would they? Since Lanza used a weapon of opportunity, there is no evidence Lanza saw any ads or been exposed to much of the outside world. You know what this reminds of?
http://art-bin.com/art/awertham.html
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-switchblade-knives-illegal-is-some-US-states

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their theory is pretty flimsy gejohnston May 2016 #2
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Obviously you borrowed that from someone DonP May 2016 #5
2 years of discovery, a 4/2018 trial. Because jmg257 May 2016 #4
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Everyone on both sides knows what this is. beevul May 2016 #8
Yep, and one that.. virginia mountainman May 2016 #9
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