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Gun Control & RKBA

GenXer47

(1,204 posts) Fri Dec 16, 2022, 10:49 AM Dec 2022

Americans bought at least 150m guns in decade since Sandy Hook shooting

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/15/americans-bought-150m-guns-decade-sandy-hook-shooting

Let's keep making guns until we have enough to fill the hole that used to be Lake Mead!

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Americans bought at least 150m guns in decade since Sandy Hook shooting (Original Post) GenXer47 Dec 2022 OP

The US gun-control effort has nearly tripled sales of handguns and rifles per capita krispos42 Dec 2022 #1

Best way to sell something, yagotme Dec 2022 #2

krispos42

(49,445 posts)

1. The US gun-control effort has nearly tripled sales of handguns and rifles per capita

Reply to GenXer47 (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2022, 06:40 AM

Dec 2022

I've posted about it several times, with graphs made from BATFE sales data combined with Census population data.

It's the Streisand Effect, only they refuse to accept it and keep blabbering on about banning things

yagotme

(3,816 posts)

2. Best way to sell something,

Reply to krispos42 (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 11:41 AM

Dec 2022

is to tell people they can't have it.

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