I can't talk about my hatred of guns and the NRA on Facebook

[greatlaurel]

50. Who knew all these people could be so easily influenced to buy guns just by a maketing campaign?

People have been brainwashed that guns are harmless and are to be used and abused like any other consumer product while in some sort of weird twist of logic convinced their manhood depends on owning deadly weapons. It has been a rousing success as a marketing strategy, but the cost to our society is enormous. It is another example of privatizing profits while putting all the costs on to the public. The people buying guns and ammo are just as brainwashed as the silly society women who have to buy the latest fashions.

My dad and brother got a box or two of shells for Christmas and that lasted them until the next Christmas with some left over. We ate groundhog, raccoon, squirrel, rabbit, pheasant, grouse and venison regularly. Hunting was done only during season and any extras were put into the freezer for lean times. There was no reason to target shoot with the .22, because they hunted for food regularly. Hunting was taken seriously. The gun marketers have changed gun owners attitudes toward guns.

My dad had a friend who liked to target shoot with a high powered rifle. He would come to our farm to target shoot about once a year. The neighbors would complain about the noise from the target shooting. That type of shooting was considered shifty and scandalous. It is amazing how effective the gun marketers have been in changing people's behavior and attitudes towards guns. It is all about marketing to make a profit.