Two out of state gun dealers sued by Mayor Michael Bloomberg for allegedly selling firearms illegally have agreed to a settlement that puts their sales and inventory under the microscope of a special monitor, city officials said Monday.It would be nice to think dealers would have the sand to stand up to tyranny, but they're merchants, and their priorities are with their businesses.
The object lesson here is to realize this. We can't look to the gun industry to do what's right for gun owners. We can, in fact, count on the industry to sell us out if it serves their interests.
And we need to be constantly on guard to make sure factions in the "gun lobby" don't favor the sometimes competing interests of their industry benefactors over ours.
you mean sort of like they did in '68 when they supported the 1968 GCA, thinking they would increase their market share for brick and mortar gun shops?
ReplyDeleteYou would think they would have learned about lieing with dogs, wouldn't you?
Sure wealth is nice, but, not enough to 'crouch down and lick the hand' that is offering it...and I don't like 'chains' -'light' or not.
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