Dick's Sporting Goods loses firearms businesses after gun control push

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Like I said, I know and acknowledge Trump has a short fuse but given what the left has been putting him through and the good job he's doing regardless of that fact, I'm willing to concede he has valid reason and therefore grant him some latitude.

Because you're a quintessential lefty, I'm not at all surprised you can't see the crazy stress he's forced to deal with.. Not your fault, millions like yourself have been brainwashed.

So unless you wake up or a family member seeks an intervention, guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.

 

It's a public corporation.

It doesn't have to sell any guns at all, or sell filleting knives, or sell golf clubs if it chooses not to.

It don't matter to me.

Some people like to shop there, some don't. I don't.

 

That's literally EVERY firearms dealer in the country, as mandated by federal law. I think it's stupid, as it's too easy to get around it via a straw purchase by someone naive of or willing to knowingly break the law, but there is not one legit dealer in any state who does not do that.

 

With very few exceptions, banning any gun is Unconstitutional.

 

Well, I guess we just have different definitions of what a "good job" means. Because he ain't anywhere close in my view. And I know numerous Republicans who feel as I do.

As to being a "quintessential lefty", that's really all you have to trot out when someone expresses displeasure over the childish antics of the president.

 

When you gonna do something to stop the bloodshed?

 

And the public can choose to bring down a retailer and force it into bankruptcy, when the retailer chooses to get engaged in matters of politics, rather than its own business and customer loyalty.

 

The cartridge in question was actually based on an existing hunting cartridge, selected purely for its lightweight nature. There is nothing anymore inherently lethal about it, than there is any other centerfire-type rifle cartridge presently in existence.

Except for the fact that such firearms, and such ammunition, are indeed quite common. If not as common as the AR-15, then nearly as common. The only reason it is not more widespread, is due to the higher cost.

 

This is inherently false.

Higher velocity = more damage to tissue due to cavitation on impact.

5.56 - 3,025 ft/s

9MM - 1,246.7 ft/s

Both are centerfire cartridges. The 5.56 round has nearly three times the energy as the 9mm. Guess which one is going to do more damage?

Don't take my word for it. Read what an actual physician who has treated gunshot wounds daily has to say about the damage the 5.56 is capable of:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...land-should-change-the-debate-on-guns/553937/

I believe that I have already acknowledged this.

 

They acquire the right to do so, at the same moment they acquire the right to vote.
You may not like that fact, but it remains a fact.

 

9mm is not a center-fire RIFLE cartridge, as noted by the person you responded to:
There is nothing anymore inherently lethal about it, than there is any other centerfire-type rifle cartridge presently in existence.

 

Banning an AR-15 wouldn't solve gun related deaths just as banning Chevy Tahoe's wouldn't solve car related deaths. It's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

 

I'm sure they will come up with something dumber - they always do.

 

just goes to show liberalism is a very poor business model

 

Yah we know about those leftist explorers they are the ones you read in the newspaper the ones that are killed by bears and mountain lions because they were stupid to enter their territory unarmed

 

you are comparing a rifle round to a hand gun round
of coarse a hand gun round isn't going to travel as fast as a rifle round

5.56 has between 20 to 26 grains of powder
9mm handgun round has only 8 grains of powder

you put 26 grains of powder behind a 9MM bullet and see what happens it will take arms and legs off

 

Yeah, because Hollywood is going broke. LOL!

 

Ok. How about 22LR? Which the 5.56 is kind of being implied here that they are similar.

22LR - 1,125 ft/s

Still almost 1/3 the velocity of a 5.56/.223 round.

So, to imply that there is no inherent difference is a fallacy.

Did you bother to read the article I cited? That doc sees gunshots every day, many of whom survive 9mm shots even as they penetrate vital organs. Not so with the 5.56.

To claim that no bullet is any less deadly than another is, again, a lie.

 

Question is, do you think his deceit is intentional? I do.

 

lol, and a .22LR is far weaker than a 12ga slug. And?

 

5.56 has between 20 to 26 grains of powder
9mm handgun round has only 8 grains of powder

you put 26 grains of powder behind a 9MM bullet and see what happens it will take arms and legs off

 

Exactly my point. Thank you.

 

So you want to ban 12ga ammo because it is more powerful than a .22?

On the other side of this coin however it would make more sense to compare ammo that had similar characteristics and weights, what you are doing is just dishonest.

 

yes it was intentional because they know their ignorant liberal readers doesn't know the difference between a rifle round and a handgun round and their characteristics
if you put a comparable amount of powder behind 9MM round as it is behind a 5.56 round the 9mm will do more damage
hell they make a 9mm rifle round called 9.3 x 62mm used to hunt big game like bison and moose also used in Africa to hunt lions for its one shot stopping power

 

I never once mentioned banning anything. Jeez, is that your go to for everything you perceive as Liberal? get over it, dude. My post history makes it crystal clear where I stand on the issue.

And I'm not trying to be dishonest by pointing out that different loads produce different results. You agree with that, you just don't like that you agree with me at the same time.

The point I am making is that the 5.56 round, which is nearly universal in its use during mass shootings, causes significantly more damage than, say, a 9MM would, even while acknowledging that many more people are shot daily with 9MM than they are with 5.56, and I just don't see how you can justify legally handing an 18 year old an AR without so much as an hours worth of instruction.

At least the military invests time and money in training a soldier how to properly field his weapon. Should we not do the same for civilians?