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Gun Control Reform Activism

Hoyt

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11. Maybe they should have picked something else to covet and promote.

Reply to MartinLane (Reply #10)

Thu Sep 5, 2019, 09:42 PM

Sep 2019

Gun marketeers know their market and aimed this ad -- for the style rifle that killed innocent kids at Sandy Hook -- at the typical buyer.

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Can we at least start here with gun control? [View all] SHRED Sep 2019 OP

I'm pretty sure it would, since re-loading time is always a gun crazy's most vulnerable time. Aristus Sep 2019 #1

I still say price bullets at $10 apiece. forgotmylogin Sep 2019 #2

Chris Rock's recommendation. alwaysinasnit Sep 2019 #4

Love Chris Rock. forgotmylogin Sep 2019 #5

Yeah. Bullet control sounds a lot more feasible. And as an aside, the whole business of the alwaysinasnit Sep 2019 #6

Anything like that would help. I'd prefer banning AR15s, etc., or requiring them to be retrofitted Hoyt Sep 2019 #3

We are not all the same MartinLane Sep 2019 #8

If that were true, I think most people would be willing to give them up. Hoyt Sep 2019 #9

I think you're misjudging people in general MartinLane Sep 2019 #10

Maybe they should have picked something else to covet and promote. Hoyt Sep 2019 #11

Huh MartinLane Sep 2019 #12

Not into lethal weapons, Martin. Shot a lot when younger, but grew up and noted Hoyt Sep 2019 #13

Kind of transparent billh58 Sep 2019 #14

A reasonable start. TomSlick Sep 2019 #7

single shot only samir.g Nov 2019 #15

The merchants of death will accept no restrictions on their ability to make money guillaumeb Dec 2019 #16