While I understand what you’re saying with companies taking advantage of big attacks in our country, I do not believe these companies are doing it for marketing advantages. The United States has an awful gun control problem, which I have talked about in a recent blog post! The United States actually ranks at 31st for the highest rate of gun violence in the world, and has about 38,000 deaths per year due it. What’s extremely upsetting, besides that, is the fact that the NRA and its representatives want to keep everything the same when there’s actually a severe problem.
While this nationwide gun control problem is, in fact, a problem, the NRA argues that everything’s fine! The NRA will blame everything and anything besides the guns, and it’s clear in every argument they make. Always suggesting that the solution to gun violence is more guns when in reality it’s stricter laws because the second amendment is outdated. The second amendment is so outdated that it doesn’t cover things like machine guns, the AR-15, landmines, dirty bombs, flame-throwers, tanks, biological & chemical weapons, etc.. The NRA cares about the money, and a really good read with all the numbers is in this article: Political Data. The NRA actually feeds off of mass shootings by lobbying for arming individuals (especially teachers), when in reality that would just be more money for them as well as more guns in schools.
Back to what you’re saying, I wouldn’t say these companies are doing it for a larger market when the NRA is literally killing thousands of children and adults by not allowing gun control. At the end of the day, it’s about how these companies are providing a ton of money to the NRA, and the companies no longer wanting to be apart of supporting mass murders and violence. Is it necessarily irrational to want to cut ties with a corporation that’s supporting mass gun violence?
I’d love to talk about this further, but I’d keep going because this is something I’m very passionate about. I understand where you’re coming from and I don’t believe all guns are bad, but with the current state that America is in, the second amendment isn’t cutting it anymore. The NRA is too powerful now with millions of members, and gun violence will never go away with more guns like they suggest. With these companies cutting ties with the NRA it is the first steps into a better gun regulation, not a gun prohibition.
I’d love to talk about this further, but I’d keep going because this is something I’m very passionate about. I understand where you’re coming from and I don’t believe all guns are bad, but with the current state that America is in, the second amendment isn’t cutting it anymore. The NRA is too powerful now with millions of members, and gun violence will never go away with more guns like they suggest. With these companies cutting ties with the NRA it is the first steps into a better gun regulation, not a gun prohibition.
