Gun Control Reform Activism

MrPurple

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5. I didn't dispute the VPC's conclusions, it was yours

Sun Jan 22, 2017, 04:42 PM

Jan 2017

It's good that gun sales are done by fewer, more legitimate dealers than in the past. But, you said that the American people are reaching a conclusion that is less in favor of an armed society. Gun sales in the US have skyrocketed since 1994 - the number of armed Americans have greatly increased.

It would be like saying that the Chinese have become more conscious about elephant extinction because the number of ivory sellers decreased, while at the same time the amount of ivory being sold tripled.

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Number of Gun Dealers in U.S. Drops 77 Percent Since 1994 From 245,628 to 56,577VPC [View all] billh58 Jan 2017 OP

Deceptive because gun sales have increased MrPurple Jan 2017 #1

Thank you for your concern, billh58 Jan 2017 #2

I believe they also made it harder to get/keep a FFL... ret5hd Jan 2017 #3

I think you may be right Berlin Vet Jan 2017 #9

I didn't dispute the VPC's conclusions, it was yours MrPurple Jan 2017 #5

The facts are, the SAME people billh58 Jan 2017 #8

Has anyone mentioned the increase in online gun-trafficking since 1994? Aristus Jan 2017 #4

The gun "enthusiasts" can only buy so many guns. Those who felt they needed one or a couple brewens Jan 2017 #6

The gun trade went partially underground Runningdawg Jan 2017 #7