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Gun Control & RKBA

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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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Thu Aug 21, 2014, 09:00 PM Aug 2014

Is there a difference... [View all]

...between the pro-control folks that want portray guns as innately evil and the industry that capitalizes on build a rifle like an AR to look as military as possible to market to those who want an "evil" looking gun?


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Sure, marketing is marketing and pro-control is sending a different message
4 (80%)
Nope, they're both sending the same message for different reasons
1 (20%)
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Is there a difference... [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 OP
I think "evil" is a mistaken framing in this question petronius Aug 2014 #1
Agreed discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #2
I've had 5 beers & a bowl full, 'stoo philosophical. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #3
"Deadly" would be a better word than "evil" Starboard Tack Aug 2014 #4
re: "Inanimate objects are not evil..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #5
Define "look military". benEzra Aug 2014 #6
With a few rather distinct exceptions... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #7
There's a reason for that... benEzra Aug 2014 #8
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