Commentary: The NRA's gun market crisis (barf alert)

Chicago Tribune ^ | 22 mar 2017 | Firmin DeBrabander

[JimRed]

...making it easier for the mentally ill to access guns.

My copy of the second amendment does not appear to bar the crazy or even freed criminals from the right to keep and bear arms. If they should not be armed, they should not be running around loose.

[Gaffer]

I believe this bet testifies to the NRA's desperation

Tripe. A bet that paid off categorized as desperation. Had Trump lost and they'd not have bet on him, they would STILL be chastising them.

These people are the ones who are actually desperate.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

This does sound odd. The gun-grabbers are getting desperate.

[marktwain]

DeBrander issues low caliber critiques. He isn’t interested in facts, only propaganda that can support his pet issue.

[Zarro]

You can get ‘em on eBay. If you have it linked up with PayPal, it’s only a single click. Free shipping.

I jest a bit here, but a couple of years ago, here in WA state, we had an “initiative” (I-594) to require FFL transfers for all sales, even between private individuals. Rich, out-of-state, billionaires poured money into the campaign to support the initiative. Their TV spot showed a little segment of gunbroker.com and suggested that you could just hop on there and buy a gun and have it sent to your house (completely untrue, even before the initiative).

Unfortunately, the NRA was a near no-show and there were no counter TV ads to be seen (but they DID put a bumper sticker in American Rifleman magazine!). The initiative passed and we are now infringed (we have tons of libs on the west side of our state, sigh). I know it’s been tried in other states since. Sad.

[Beagle8U]

On which of Chicago’s many mountains do you live?/sarc

[SkyPilot]

The term “mentally ill” is an incredible lie and smear. Obama and the tyrannical left defined “mental illness” as anyone who uses a fiduciary for Social Security or veterans benefits. A military veteran hero with two purple hearts and a bronze star who sought counseling after their combat tours for mild PTSD symptoms or even insomnia is labeled “mentally ill.” A person who was prescribed antidepressants, even for insomnia, is labeled as “mentally ill.” I would submit it is the left who is mentally ill. A person who does not know whether they are a man or a woman is mentally ill. A man who sticks his penis into another man's rectum is mentally ill.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

Whose business plan is more viable, the firearms industry or the newspaper industry? Who will be around longer, the Chicago Tribune or the NRA?