Gun interests WANT criminals to have guns

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74. In order;

"Then WTF was the NRA opposing in congress?

And why are they running ads against Joe Manchin? "

Given that the NRA is rather largely a lobbying firm for firearm manufacturers, the NRA was likely engaging in what makes the most business sense to them. A gun control bill directly acts against their best interests, and so they opposed it. That's not rocket science.

I can't say anything about Joe Manchin, given that I've not followed West Virginia politics in a ... Well, ever, really. So I'm not informed enough to speak on the matter.



"It's always nice when someone confirms the point raised in the OP. If gun interests didn't want to have criminals to have a steady supply of weapons, they wouldn't pretend that background checks were universal. They wouldn't pretend that gun shows, internet sales, and other private sales were subject to background checks. If all gun sales were already subject to background checks, the gun lobby wouldn't spend millions in lobbying and advertising to defeat the most modest proposals that only slightly expand background checks. "


You're right, but for the wrong reasons. I don't think the gun lobby cares -who- has the guns, so long as the guns get sold. Again, it is for all intents and purposes, business. Do you think McDonalds markets only to fat people, or that Pepsi markets only to diabetes patients? Hardly. All that matters is the sales. Background checks -could- impede those sales, and so the gun lobby acts against them in the same way that soda manufacturers struck back against Bloomberg's soda ban in New York. It's all business.



&quot Gun show snip to save space)"

I don't think you'll find a rational person who doesn't agree that gun shows can and often are a massive source of criminal activity in the illegal gun trade. I'm not certain where exactly you're going with that, though.