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I noticed that MSNBC uses the term 'gun dealer' when talking about the attack Hillary is making on Bernie Re: Sandy Hook. The tag line on the screen reads 'dealer'.
I'm wondering if that is intentional as that I think many people have a different impression of what a 'dealer' is versus what a 'manufacturer' is.
This to me is just a manipulative tactic to give a false impression of what the vote was about.
I hope I'm making myself clear here as to the implication of what could be considered a 'dealer' vs a 'manufacturer'.
If I'm not explaining this correctly maybe somebody could help out and state this better than I'm doing.
EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)go to an auto-plant and try and buy a car...
retrowire
(10,345 posts)dealer sells the gun to the consumer
manufacturer sells the gun to the dealer.
dealers should be held responsible if they didn't practice the law while selling the gun. but manufacturers shouldn't be held accountable sooo they should really choose one term and stick with it.
that's going to lead to a mess.
global1
(25,251 posts)and not dealers.
Seems like MSNBC is trying to pull a fast one here.
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)There are protections for both dealers and manufactures, but there are exceptions that allow lawsuits against both.
The whole point is moot. Hillary has done fundraising events with the NRA this election cycle. Anyone that thinks Hillary is gonna be tough on guns or gun makers/dealers is quite simply put, a fool.
Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)I think that they're trying to play Gun dealers/manufacturers like Drug dealer/manufacturers. Ones bad, they're both awful, let the loose terms do the misinforming for you.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)If people cannot see this, they are just plain stupid.
I don't know what the MSM takes us for, some sort of dolts, or something, I guess.
global1
(25,251 posts)and they interchange terms like 'dealer' & 'manufacturer' hoping to sway low info voters to think the worse and sway their votes as well.
It just illustrates how they are trying to manipulate us.
Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)they're even scarier
disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)red meat for the low info folks.. there is also a lot of willful ignorance from the "spread the news crowd" - win at all costs is their motto..