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rekabis@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
It was never about the 2^nd amendment. It was all about restricting gun ownership for “the ideologically wrong people”.
Just look at how they came down on the Black Panthers in the 60s, and how “stand your ground” laws work in wildly disproportionate ways for only white cis people.
It’s a racist and bigoted strategy that has absolutely nothing to do with “rights”, except for the selective restriction of them.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It is not even that. It is all about the money. Seriously, the 2nd amendment is a marketing ploy at this point.
There are as many guns in the US as their are people. No one is restricted from getting a gun unless they are purchasing at a gun shop.
I swear the whole racist bigot angle is also marketing to get dischenfranchised groups to buy guns at this point.
Marketing Exec: Where do we tap the next gun market? Oh yes, the gays, liberals, and women.
It is a fucking joke on us at this point.
thlibos@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
I think that for the gun industry/lobby it is all about the money, but it is about hatred, fear, and revulsion of the outgroup for the rank and file. Most businesses (even ones riddled with MAGA) would happily sell their wares to trans, browns, gays, muslims, etc. out of one side of their mouth, while decrying these groups and their rights out of the other side.