Sarah_W |
06-01-2022 09:18 AM |
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Originally Posted by jdulej
(Post 2101048)
Unfortunately, I am forced to agree with you. There is enough of a base of unwavering 2nd amendment supporters to stop any serious change. To them, having a few hundred innocents slaughtered is worth it. They don't want to say it out loud, but the fact that they offer no solutions and are against any limitations or management of gun ownership (not getting anywhere near saying gun banning - that ship has sailed) leads me to that horrible statement above - they just don't care.
Most likely, we need to wait for the baby boomer generation to die out. The NRA is fading, thank god, due to massive corruption at the top, so they should not be much of a player in a few years. That leaves the manufacturers, some of whom use absolutely disgusting marketing and sales techniques.
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How can you draw such conclusions? It is absolutely ridiculous to believe and suggest that law abiding gun owners are not concerned with murder victims. In my opinion, it is quite the opposite. I believe it is actually those who are ignorant of firearm ownership and safety that are the root cause of murder in our country. DA's in major blue cities not prosecuting crimes. Violent criminals being released to terrorize our cities. There is at least one mass shooting every single month in Chicago and the authorities there do nothing about it. The same can be said for Los Angeles, St. Louis, Baltimore, to name a few. These are issues that law abiding gun owners discuss at length but do not have the voting numbers to override the corrupt people elected to office in these cities.
I've offered solutions to school shootings at the most common response from our friends left of center is "we shouldn't have to send our kids to a "prison".". There are 63,000 schools in the U.S. If everyone did what a high school in Indiana did, there would be no more mass school shootings. Anyone who would like to see their solution go on YouTube and look for "Inside The Safest School in America". It cost $400K to retrofit that school. That equates to $20 billion to retrofit every school in America. That is how you stop mass shootings in school. That is half what we just sent to Ukraine for their "needs". The solution lies with our elected leaders so tell your Representative to support such an effort.
The problem is not Baby Boomers. They are not the killers. You're looking at the wrong generation.
The NRA is 5 million law abiding gun enthusiasts. Without people like me there is no NRA. The majority work done by the NRA revolves around gun safety programs and education. I'd love to hear what you think it is. Additionally, there are dozens of other non-profit gun rights organizations.
Point out the marketing techniques that you find so disturbing. There are no commercials on television advertising guns or ammo. They market in gun magazines and trade shows.
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