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Girard442

(6,839 posts)
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 12:30 PM Jun 2022

I'm wondering how the 1% envision their lives in a gun-soaked country.

Seems like endlessly shuttling between heavily guarded walled compounds in motorcades of armored limos would get to be a drag after a while.

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I'm wondering how the 1% envision their lives in a gun-soaked country. (Original Post) Girard442 Jun 2022 OP
It's already a "gun-soaked country" FBaggins Jun 2022 #1
Isn't that what they already do? Bettie Jun 2022 #2
I don't understand what conservatives get out of their decisions. milestogo Jun 2022 #3
They just get on with their lives NQAS Jun 2022 #4

FBaggins

(28,670 posts)
1. It's already a "gun-soaked country"
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 12:36 PM
Jun 2022

There have been more guns than people (unlike every other country in the world) for years now.

Note that today's ruling doesn't impact the vast majority of states that are already in line with the ruling (i.e., "shall issue" states)

Bettie

(19,446 posts)
2. Isn't that what they already do?
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 12:38 PM
Jun 2022

They get to live in bubbles of wealth and privilege. They have private security, armored limousines, and "people" to interact with the common folk for them. Most of them have no idea what life is like for the average person.

Yes, there are exceptions, but probably fewer than we think.

milestogo

(22,796 posts)
3. I don't understand what conservatives get out of their decisions.
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 12:38 PM
Jun 2022

Maybe its just a smug sense of superiority at being in a position to frighten and intimidate millions of people.

NQAS

(10,749 posts)
4. They just get on with their lives
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 01:01 PM
Jun 2022

Not all the billionaires are high profile. My guess is that you couldn't identify the photos of the who's who in the American billionaire class after #10. So they just get on with their lives. Do they have security? Probably. Are they in walled compounds and driven in motorcades? Probably not.

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