ORIGINAL: Ridge Runner
ok, white, if your guns are stolen and used in a crime is it the makers fault? yours? or the criminal?
and just what is appropriate volume?
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Ridge
If my firearms were not stored properly then I would bear some responsibility.
I fail to see the argument that all weapons used in illegal activity is stolen from households or law abiding citizens... The vast majority have been proven to be purchased.
Big Bulls.
There have been a number of Canadian journalists who have traced large orders of handguns from a manufacturer to shady store and onto gang members. Just 3 easy steps and if the manufacturer took the time to put in just minimal marketing/research effort to see where those guns go, they would quickly see which channels of distribution are shady and which are clean and perfectly legal. However the downside to responsible sales is a slump in sales. Are they willing to do that? I don’t think they’re ready.
Nothing wrong with being a pro-firearms person and a responsible one at the same time.
Again, I don’t think rigid gun control is the answer, but I do think manufacturers need to start participating in policing their own distribution networks before somebody else like Michael Moore sheds some ‘Michael Moore’ light on it.