Posted on 07/27/2022 1:41:30 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun makers have taken in more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade, at times marketing them as a way for young men to prove their masculinity, even as the number of mass shootings increases, according to a House investigation unveiled Wednesday.
The weapons have been used in massacres that have horrified the nation, including one that left 10 people dead at a grocery store in Buffalo and another where 19 children and two teachers were shot to death in Uvalde, Texas.
The Committee on Oversight and Reform said some ads mimic popular first-person shooter video games or tout the weapons’ military pedigree while others claim the guns will put buyers “at the top of the testosterone food chain.”
Those sales tactics are “deeply disturbing, exploitative and reckless,” said Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York. “In short, the gun industry is profiting off the blood of innocent Americans.”
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Mine too.
The one I used to have, before the boating mishap, translated into toxic dead coyotes, nothing more.
Just quote the Gov. Orgs. own statistics regards firearm related deaths vs defensive use.
Then walk out.
Really wishing I could locate that account from a few years ago of the Senators wife using an AR to defend herself against a cartel hit squad.
Little twits like this have daddy issues.
And I have a Ruger 556 for my womanhood.
My M-1 Garand does that! Top of the food chain!
Are shootings WITH AR-pattern rifles rising?
He can’t be a man if he doesn’t smoke the same cigarettes as me!
Get offa my cloud, Lindsay!
I never realized I bought my Hello Kitty AR because I have a small….
She looka like a man.
I call it the Everyman’s (and woman’s) rifle. It’s modular design, light weight, low recoil, and multitude of calibers make it the ideal gun. It can shoot everything from .22 LR to .50 Beowulf to .410 shotgun with simply an upper change.
Cap and ball revolvers are a sign of manhood.
Not really into long guns myself, tactical defense means a distance of maybe across the room, my Sig will do fine. But I get a kick out of the feeble attempt at Freudian analysis of AR owners. All you riflemen out there must have masculinity issues!
AR15’s as a sign of manhood? Um no. Manhood begins with a 275 H&H and goes up to .460 Weatherby level, or .600 Nitro. Soft recoiling .223 is not a sign of manhood.
Disclaimer: I am not counting .50 BMG for the purpose of normal rifle rounds, but if we are splitting hairs...
Good grief, she should watch out for falling houses!
Actually, the author is incorrect.
The 50 BMG is a sign of manhood.
“My skills as a gun smith are non-existent.”
Mine too, but the lowers aren’t bad....
The reason the homicidal wackadoodles keep buying ARs to commit mass murder with is because THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WON'T STOP TELLING THEM IT'S THE BEST TOOL FOR THE JOB!!!!!!
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