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sop

(10,192 posts)
2. Lots of gun stores in America will sell out this weekend. Gun massacres are very good for business.
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:22 PM
May 2022

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
4. Its a self-reinforcing loop.
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:26 PM
May 2022

Gun violence creates heightened fear of gun violence, the only solution the small minds of America can fathom is the theoretical protection of a gun.

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
3. I've been thinking about RTL demonstrations outside Women's Health Clinics
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:23 PM
May 2022

with the huge signs of aborted fetuses.

Gun Store owners deserve the same treatment, but with pictures of the dead of Uvalde, Parkland, Newtown, etc. I mean literal pictures of the corpses on giant placards.

Of course, so many gun sellers are large chains like Cabelas or Bass Pro Shops, protected by vast privately-owned parking lots. To picket them from public property 200 yards away would look ridiculous and be easily ignored by customers. That didn't stop anti-choice wackos, though.

texasfiddler

(1,990 posts)
5. Oasis Outback Uvalde.
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:27 PM
May 2022

You can tell this is the store, because you can shop the entire store online. However, click the gun shop tab and you get the following statement: Our hearts are with the families of Uvalde. Sick

hamsterjill

(15,222 posts)
16. There are many private dealers down there.
Thu May 26, 2022, 04:23 PM
May 2022

I’m betting that the person who sold the guns is one of the “good ole boys” and being protected by them because they know he would be harassed.

The information is that it was a legal purchase from a federally licensed dealer. MY question is how did they confirm the kid had just turned eighteen if he didn’t have a driver’s license. Yes, there are ways he could have done that like an ID card, etc. But I would still like the answer to that question

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)
6. That would likely make the store owner rich.
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:27 PM
May 2022

The crowds would dissipate in a few days. Maybe a few week max.

And it would be the most famous gun store in Texas.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
8. I've heard on two different news programs that what this kid bought would come to...
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:13 PM
May 2022

approximately $3500.

Think the shop's net was worth the heartache?

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)
15. Oh I'm sure they don't welcome the hassle.
Thu May 26, 2022, 03:43 PM
May 2022

And it's unlikely that they would choose to sell the gun if they knew what was going to happen.

but with the die already struck. The free advertisement from a day or two or protesting would bring in the gun-nut crowd and probably sell out the store.

doc03

(35,345 posts)
9. I can't blame the shop unless they broke some kind of
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:13 PM
May 2022

law. They are selling a legal product to make a living.

Chuuku Davis

(565 posts)
10. I made my weekly pawn shop visit to look at silver
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:30 PM
May 2022

Bought some pretty ocean theme rounds at $27.50
There wasn't any activity in the rifle section.

He made an interesting statement that he can't not sell to anyone who fills out the form "correctly" and doesn't get a deny in three days.

BlueCheeseAgain

(1,654 posts)
13. Ideally, they'd be sued in civil court for selling crazy weapons to an unstable teen.
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:40 PM
May 2022

Sadly, the gun industry is very unique in that they're immune from most such lawsuits.

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