People gotta stop talking about Gun Control…
They are just wasting their breath….
Mass shooting’s help increase gun sales….
America HAS a Gun Culture that isn’t going anywhere….
Meanwhile, Ammo Inc. has jumped more than 12 percent in the past week; the Arizona-based maker of ammunition and components also owns GunBroker.com, which it bills as the largest online marketplace for the firearms and shooting sports industries.
Such upswings are not uncommon after a mass shooting or any event that puts gun control in the political spotlight, in the view that there will be a rush on guns, ammunition and accessories in advance of any effort to limit access.
Smith & Wesson, for example, spiked 20 percent after a gunman killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub in 2016. The company’s stock price also climbed sharply in the first half of 2021, a possible reaction to Democrats taking control of the presidency and both houses of Congress….
Inside McConnell’s Long Effort to Block Gun Control
Washington Post: “The Standard Gravure massacre provided an early glimpse of how McConnell — now the Republican Senate minority leader — would handle mass shootings and their aftermath over the next three decades, consistently working to delay, obstruct or prevent most major gun control legislation from passing Congress.“
“McConnell would go on to follow a similar playbook time and time again during his seven terms in Congress, offering vague promises of action, often without any specifics, only to be followed by no action or incremental measures that avoided new gun regulations. As a Republican leader, he also helped dissuade his conference — as after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. — from supporting gun legislation and, as majority leader, refused to bring up significant gun control measures for a vote.”
Morning Consult
@MorningConsult
88% of voters — with little division between Democrats and Republicans – support mandatory background checks on all gun sales. https://morningconsult.biz/3yZjzR3 #UvaldeMassacre
Andrea Junker
@Strandjunker
Here’s the deal: We start banning all weapons that scare the shit out of cops.