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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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1. "There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation.

Reply to jmg257 (Original post)

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 08:09 PM

Dec 2016

That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other 11?" That's from Lord of War filmed in early 2005. I think the US is now doing that.

As the title card says at the end: "While private gunrunners continue to thrive, the world's biggest arms suppliers are the U.S., U.K., Russia, France, and China. They are also the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council."

All the biggest, richest, most powerful nations in the world are working very hard to arm everyone else.

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NOW they are starting to get it - owning and buying guns isn't all about the NRA, [View all] jmg257 Dec 2016 OP

"There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #1

It was certainly a big part of our Hillary's SOS run. Guns equal $$. jmg257 Dec 2016 #2

The enemy of my enemy is my friend; obviously we should arm our "friends"... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #3