RE: Mass shooting in Las Vegas. 50+ dead
October 3, 2017 at 9:18 am
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2017 at 9:23 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Technically, the fear that the events will "take their rights away" is what's pointed to in polls made to study those surges. It's not the shooting itself, it's the politics that compel the sale. The NRA's product is politicians, as a credentialing service for hopefuls...so, meh. Mass shootings are good for the GOP and the NRA, but probably not good for manufacturers in the long run.
Manufacturers themselves are keenly aware of this, they've been the ones driving trends in safer and more secure gun designs for the past two decades. Their lobby's statement on the issue is simpler than anything the NRA is going to offer.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of all those killed and injured in the crimnal attack in Las Vegas"
-full stop. That's all they're likely to say, ever, about that.
See, that's how a lobby made of manufacturers with vested interests and professionals on staff responds. Sure, they'd really like to be able to sell arms to third and second world countries with no effective oversight....but as an actual trade lobby they know better than to go full retard.....whereas the NRA is a propaganda factory that is -required- by their model to go full retard. The NSSF now spends more money and...quietly, shapes more policy.....than the NRA. It's easy to see why. The NSSF was formed, in the first place, by the contention that the NRA did -not- speak for the interests of manufacturers and was actively harming their industry. I'd be pissed too, if some group people thought was representing my operations interests was a neverending stream of bad publicity for my company. Particularly if all I wanted to do was export guns to the browns in anonymity.
Manufacturers themselves are keenly aware of this, they've been the ones driving trends in safer and more secure gun designs for the past two decades. Their lobby's statement on the issue is simpler than anything the NRA is going to offer.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of all those killed and injured in the crimnal attack in Las Vegas"
-full stop. That's all they're likely to say, ever, about that.
See, that's how a lobby made of manufacturers with vested interests and professionals on staff responds. Sure, they'd really like to be able to sell arms to third and second world countries with no effective oversight....but as an actual trade lobby they know better than to go full retard.....whereas the NRA is a propaganda factory that is -required- by their model to go full retard. The NSSF now spends more money and...quietly, shapes more policy.....than the NRA. It's easy to see why. The NSSF was formed, in the first place, by the contention that the NRA did -not- speak for the interests of manufacturers and was actively harming their industry. I'd be pissed too, if some group people thought was representing my operations interests was a neverending stream of bad publicity for my company. Particularly if all I wanted to do was export guns to the browns in anonymity.
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