2nd Amendment Celebration @ Cabelos. Featuring All Gun Manufacturers.

[TheMastersNemesis]

Just saw ads on Denver TV from Cabelos. They have all the gun manufacturers listed who make guns on this TV ad. They are saying and come in and buy any gun you want as part of the celebration. On President's day.

So disgusting.

[mgmaggiemg]

1. the only thing gun manufactures/dealers etc

care about is money..they know they sell more guns when there is massacre or death...the more anxious people are the more gullible they are....

[ForgoTheConsequence]

2. It is a hunting store.....

Did you expect a sale on Egyptian cotton sheets?

[jmowreader]

3. THANK you!

It's probably the biggest seller of guns in the United States. Gosh, do you think MAYBE they'll have a sale on them once in a while?

Strange thing, though: There's a Cabela's not far from my house. Normally they hang massive banners to advertise their sales. The Second Amendment sale didn't get a banner last time I went past there, which was several days into the sale. Hmm...

[DesMoinesDem]

4. You're disgusted that a store that sells guns is advertising that they sell guns?

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[Kingofalldems]

5. Here they come!

[PonyUp]

6. The new Cabellas here is 105,000 square feet.

Has an indoor mountain, aquarium, archery shooting area, over 200 wildlife displays, deli and fudge shop. I saw a few guns too. They have 225 employees.

[Laxman]

7. Cabela's Is A Hunting & Fishing Store.....

of course they're going to do whatever they can to get customers through the doors to buy their products. They're known for their selection of hunting gear, including rifles and shotguns. They're the Super Wal-Mart of sporting goods. There's a lot to hate them for however. Read David Cay Johnston's book Free Lunch-How The Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves. It's an easy read-if you can keep reading after it gets you mad. He devotes an entire chapter (Chapter 9) to Cabela's and their predatory practices. That "mountain" with all of the stuffed animals- They're claiming that portion of the store as a "museum" and it is likely exempt from property taxes-permanently-as it is at other locations. Cabela's makes more in government subsidies each year than they bring in through sporting goods sales. They extort huge subsidies from the local government where the stores are located in the form of exemptions from sales taxes and property tax abatements, all the while putting local stores out of business. (does the model sound familiar?)

Do we really want to tax ourselves so that rich men can spend less flying in luxury to play golf? Must we be forced by the coercive power of government to give part of our sustenance to the mass opiate of our age, commercial sports? How much are you willing to give up from your paycheck so that Dick Cabela and Johnny Morris can sell fishing tackle and guns from stores that you bought for them with your taxes? How many hours are you willing to work each year so that Tyco can get free labor to check out burglar alarms?

I used to go to Cabela's. I'm a hiker and a fisherman and it was a convenient place to see thousands of items, many of them at great prices-just like Wal-Mart. Just like Wal-Mart, I'll never set foot inside Cabela's again.

[Paladin]

8. I've heard rumors that Cabela's is being taken over by Bass Pro Shops.

Some sort of financial shakiness.

[Laxman]

10. The Subsidies Are Starting To Run Their Course....

and the sporting goods sales are not sufficient to support the number of locations that have been built. They've reaped their profits from public funds. It's not an insubstantial market, so there's some viability to it. Perhaps the other great reaper of tax increment financing and property tax exemptions, Bass Pro Shops, can make a go of it by absorbing Cabela's. I'm sure they're in a similar bind.

[GGJohn]

9. So what makes Cabela's any different from all the other stores that have

a President Day sale?

Are you going to condemn Sears? KMart? WalMart? How about all the car dealerships that have President Day sales?

[ShrimpPoboy]

11. I don't get the outrage.

[linuxman]

12. You sound concerned...

[GGJohn]

13. This thread didn't go quite the way you thought it would did it?

[pintobean]

14. They never do.

[GGJohn]

15. I imagine he thought there would be universal outrage over this,

instead, it was quite the opposite.

[sarisataka]

16. It's ridiculous

Best Buy has all of their TVs on sale and clothing at target is 25% off. On Presidents Day.

Merchandising, so disgusting.