At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians. By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social (Published Oct. 2024)
Sleaze companies. How do they live like that…
The current guy in the WH/hospital receiving dialysis wouldn't know how to shoot a tin can in the backyard. But sure, he's a tough guy to rally behind.
Of course because IT IS ABOUT THE GUNS! Trying to sell more to keep us on top of the world in gun deaths!
Of course they did.
Nazi Rifle Association
Those are extreme problems!! And NRA has led the effort in making these connections, and THREATS that follow. Terrorism for profit. NRA MUST be ended. And we must deal with the gun lobby that remains more effectively. bsky.app/profile/chri...
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I'm sure those gun companies and politicians have done a study to find out what ratio of dollar to human life is an acceptable ROI, a reporter should ask all of them that question,
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I'd rather elect a pro-baked goods politician. If I need one I can buy a 12-gauge at the store no matter who's in office.
Where is the Second Amendment militia? Wasn’t this the time when they were going to stand tall and protect a free democracy? Has the Second Amendment proved to be outdated?
Wow. Corruption runs through all layers of society - and probably has for a while. How are we ever going to get out of this mess?
And now Palantir has all of that and a fuck ton more. Big Brother to the Max. Dont answer the door
Tao Te Ching Chapter 57 The more weapons you possess, the greater the chaos in your country.
Bleeping little bleep male club.
Nationalize em!!!
We would expect nothing else.
all that needs to be done is a psychological background check before a sale of a firearm is granted. purchasers get the background check done and present it to the seller. and i don’t mean just a quickie. i mean a thorough psychological check. that eliminates recreational sales.
What other constitutional rights should that be a requirement? How many of your other rights are you willing to forego to impede that particular right?
You want to get out from under the subjugation to the rich? Eat the lawyers and judges.
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you mean to tell me they had a list of 5.5 million names in 2002 and in expected to believe companies no longer do this sorta massive data collection and voter manipulation ???
So the gun companies gathering customer data to weaponize into a political force stands as a precursor to what DOGE and Palantir want to do with everyone's data. Our data is in the hands of anti-democracy forces.
Of course they did
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What?! The NRA and the gun lobby are corrupt and criminal?!
Big data is big business. Banks share our data with each other on a regular basis. Other companies package what they collect and sell it. Every time you sign up for some shit online, you’re giving away a piece of your PII, and brokers sell it to any rando for only a few beans. Gun co.’s are evil.
Speaking of gun manufacturers, I would love to learn the specific model & manufacturer of every assault weapon used when reporting a mass shooting. Let’s start connecting the dots to who’s making a profit off of these murders.
Handguns are used in almost 80% of mass casualty events. An AR is no more deadly than a similar semi automatic hunting rifle. Both are powerful firearms. In many cases the internals are identical. The issue is much more nuanced than “assault weapons”.
There obviously are cultural symbols in the pro-mass violence group. What makes it difficult is that manufacturers of the fetishized weapons likely also manufacture hunting weapons. But I think there are some manufacturers that exist purely to amplify violence and they shouldn’t have a place here
Personally, I don’t care if they make hunting weapons. There is no excuse for the assault weapons being sold to a civilian population. People need to be aware of them, especially since they can’t be sued. - maybe they can be shamed.
I mean isn’t this just standard business mailing list marketing stuff that every industry does? I don’t think this is necessarily nefarious unless I’m missing something.
Read your own introduction!
You’re missing something
From the article: “This is super troubling. You shouldn’t take people’s data without them knowing what you’re doing with it — and give it or sell it to others. It is the customer’s information, not the company’s.” I get it, but isn’t this what’s been happening pretty much everywhere for decades ?
Well no we know who ruined the world.
"The data given to Cambridge included 20 years of gun owners’ warranty card information as well as a separate database of customers from Cabela’s, a sporting goods retailer with approximately 70 stores in the U.S. and Canada." Cambridge Analytica = Russia
They gave it to Cambridge Analytical.
They don’t care about their privacy rights, they don’t care about their right to vote, they don’t care that their government has collapsed into dictatorship, they only care that they have the right to shoot their neighbors and people of color.
all those 2nd amendment types going to rise up against this tyranny right?
They are the oppressors. Many don't have an issue with what Trump is doing. The people that need to stand up for their rights are the ones advocating firearm restrictions. You can’t expect others to do something you won’t. When you go far enough left you get your guns back.
I was coming to the comments to point out this irony too. This is the moment they've waited for. And they're silent.
George Bush is a war criminal who neglected New Orleans after Katrina because he is also a racist
Frankly, I'd be shocked to learn they did not.
That is so sick.
The wealthy elite runs our country. bsky.app/profile/eyky...
Not surprising! If they want to stay in business they must elect pro guns politicians
Blood is on their hands. Tbe blood of children. And innocents.
Huh
Disgusting. They rather continue allowing children to be traumatized or killed to keep their sales high.
Sickeningly evil.
You mean like election interference?
Of course they did - and did so secretly.
Well..duh.
No surprise here. Corruption and money elects. Killing innocent children is incidental.
But heaven forbid we have a gun registry.
so there has been databases of gun owners and it's in the hands of a political party instead of public health professionals, astounding times we live in
It is a sick sick situation we have with the gun cartel in this country. Corrupt and deadly with no laws to protect the American people from this industry with no morals who bribe politicians with o morals to do their bidding.
How did we not know these businesses had customer information? I would have subpoenaed those lists immediately to audit compliance with background checks.
Not how it works. The local dealer, state and feds are the involved entities. The manufacturer or distributor have no idea who buys the firearm once it ships to the dealer. Manufacturers only get the info when the owners register the warranty.
Can’t do that, they bribed all federal law enforcement into not enforcing any gun laws. ATF has all been seconded to ICE and is currently rounding up abuela maids and tio gardeners.
Trump had most of the ATF inspectors that enforced background checks and straw purchases fired. And as you note loaned most of the others out to kidnap non white people.
I can’t where are the watch dogs
Here’s the irony, at least for myself. I bought my first hand gun for protection of where we moved to last year! (very red and not afraid to take action) And the 25 yrs I’ve been out trail running with wild creatures? NEVER did I feel the need to carry!
Obviously?
Holy crap.
Child-murder enthusiasts
That’s called lobbying or also customer service
Of course they did.
And they did it all with Russian money through Putin SPY Maria Butina using the NRA to launder money for the Reds.
Yeah they duped a lot of people this way right here in Appalachia. They all believed and still believe Democrats are going to come take their guns or make it illegal to even own any firearm. Listen not in your lifetime Papas so fucking cool it. Lol.