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Originally Posted by dyna mo
so a Dick's sporting goods exec says sales go up after spree shootings therefore, 150 million republicans love mass shootings,
am i getting your logic?
you do realize it's simply a fact he's sharing right? sporting goods retailers, the NRA and the GOP are not in cahoots to propel mass shootings as a marketing program to increase gun sales.
you do know that right?
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I do know that the NRA is ran by gun manufacturers and of course the totally insane Ted Nugent. And yes, they have a vested interest in selling more guns. Their whole purpose is to create fear to sell more weapons, you don't have to be a genius to figure that one out.
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?You can see after a tragedy, there?s also a lot of buying,? Jeff Buchanan, the chief financial officer of Smith & Wesson, said two years ago.
Last year, Tommy Millner, the chief executive of Cabela?s, a retailer that sells guns, boasted at an investor conference in Nebraska that his company made a ?conscious decision? to stock additional weapons merchandise before the 2012 election, hoping President Obama?s reelection would result in increased sales.
Not only was Obama reelected, but a gunman opened fire later that year at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and ?the business went vertical.?
James Debney, Smith & Wesson?s chief executive, told investors in 2013 that ?the tragedy in Newtown and the legislative landscape? resulted in sales that were ?significantly up.?