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15. Change has to start somewhere

Reply to mainstreetonce (Reply #14)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 12:25 PM

Jun 2016

Asking questions like the one you've posed can get things moving. When the knee-jerk "money trumps peace" nonsense gets dragged out, it's good to have it exposed as nonsense. Then we can move on to the next phase, "Well, if we all agree that there are some things - like people's lives - more important than the profit to be made from selling an AR-15, then why don't we . . . ?"

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Why not refuse to sell them? [View all] mainstreetonce Jun 2016 OP

walmart already took them off the shelf Fresh_Start Jun 2016 #1

you can buy a mini-14 ranch rifle at wally world .. essentially same rifle. n/t DustyJoe Jun 2016 #8

A campaign to get businesses to stop making profit... anoNY42 Jun 2016 #2

tough to do, even if 99% of the current gun shops stop selling them it creates a market Amishman Jun 2016 #3

It worked with walturd...they stopped selling AR's last year. ileus Jun 2016 #4

Semi-automatic long guns are one of, if not the, most popular rifles for hunting and competition. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #5

Good idea, but why stop there? dumbcat Jun 2016 #6

Because there are millions of people who want to own them for legitimate purposes. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #7

Is this meant to be serious or some sort of satire? NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #9

Serious mainstreetonce Jun 2016 #10

Okay, well good luck with that. NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #12

Saying there is no legitimate use for these weapons dumbcat Jun 2016 #17

According to the ATF 90% of guns recovered from crime scenes flamin lib Jun 2016 #11

Money trumps peace gratuitous Jun 2016 #13

I know it is about money mainstreetonce Jun 2016 #14

Change has to start somewhere gratuitous Jun 2016 #15

Because this is America maxsolomon Jun 2016 #16