Subj : Amazing
To   : Digital Man
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Dec 28 2020 06:14 pm

  Re: Amazing
  By: Digital Man to Weatherman on Mon Dec 28 2020 04:06 am

 >   Re: Amazing
 >   By: Weatherman to All on Mon Dec 28 2020 01:41 am
 > 
 >  > I have to admit, I'm gob-smacked, absolutely amazed at the lack of
 >  > discussion in this forum regarding what has happened in the recent genera
 >  > election.  We are literally looking at one of the greatest threats to the
 >  > Second Amendment that this country has faced, and yet the message traffic
 >  > this message base is a big, fat zero.  Absolutely amazing.
 > 
 > Not really. I've been hearing (and originally, believed) the alarm bells ove
 > gun rights since the '80s. Meh. Don't get too worried about it. Like abortio
 > it's a dog whistle that the politicians use to drive people to the polls.
 > That's it. They don't really care if you do or don't own a gun, what kind of
 > gun it is or what you do with it, they just care about votes (well, and mone
 > which buys votes).

There is a lot of money to extract from gun owners via licenses and permits.

There is a lot of money to extract from gun stores, ammo manufacturers,
shooting clubs et al via licenses and permits.

There is a lot of control to be exterted by channeling "cultural funds" tax
money into target shooting associations that further your party line.

Either way, it is about control, like everything governments do.
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