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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas AG says gun stores are essential, should remain open amid pandemic
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490013-texas-ag-says-gun-stores-are-essential-can-remain-open-amid-pandemicTexas is making sure it's citizens are properly supplied for the Trump Depression.
In 2017, over half of the nation's 47,173 suicides involved a firearm. The U.S. Department of Justice reports that about 60% of all adult firearm deaths are by suicide, 61% more than deaths by homicide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States
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Texas AG says gun stores are essential, should remain open amid pandemic (Original Post)
Snake Plissken
Mar 2020
OP
Well now that everyone is out of work and walking around in surgical masks
Snake Plissken
Mar 2020
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hlthe2b
(102,379 posts)1. Hmm all those old Trumpsters crowding gun stores...
Darwin might well count that as inadvertent GUN CONTROL. Just sayin...
hack89
(39,171 posts)2. Rhode Island did the same just today. Nt
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)3. Well now that everyone is out of work and walking around in surgical masks
you can never have enough guns and ammo around, in case someone who is out of work decides to rob a store to pay his bills.
hack89
(39,171 posts)4. Rhode Island is surprisingly pro-gun
I just think the Governor didnt want to piss off a critical voting bloc needlessly.
President Sauron
(6 posts)5. "essential" my ass.. fuck you
donnie dipshit.