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In reply to the discussion: Guns, sales and core principles [View all]GGJohn
(9,951 posts)13. This whole article is full of shit.
The core reason for the drop in gun ownership is because of the ongoing attempt to demonize firearm owners and the threat of theft.
How many firearm owners will admit to a perfect stranger that they have a firearm in the home?
And how about the millions of new firearms sold in the last 5 years?
Or the millions of NICS background checks conducted?
Nope, this article and author is just making things up and hope they are believed, which they will be by the devoted controllers.
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If gun ownership is declining even as laws become more liberal why are Controllers
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#3
What an absolutely heinous cartoon and yet how many Controllers, were the lines to ever be drawn,
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#5
Would your argument go better with vinaigrette or a light ranch dressing?
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#53
Must be the luridness of the pretty pictures of gunz, or the coming of Labor Day and
Eleanors38
Aug 2015
#9
Yeah, he made a big deal about "how horrible and right wing" another regular poster is ...
DonP
Aug 2015
#34
As I've covered about 50% of the firearms I need, my buying habits have moved to fishing equipment.
ileus
Aug 2015
#12
This is why The Controllers constantly get whipped, and can never hope to win:
pablo_marmol
Aug 2015
#24
So if there are no sales figures, how does your source know they're declining?
krispos42
Sep 2015
#47
Like those manufacturers are just going to sit on the sunk cost of those guns...Not!
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#39