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Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Last thing we need now is gunshot victims clogging up hospitals, or white wing militias exercising
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:56 PM
Mar 2020

their misinterpretation of their Constitutional "rights."

Shut gun manufacturers and profiteers down. Only a friggin fool considers them essential.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
4. What does being considered essential have to do with anything?
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:02 PM
Mar 2020

There are lots of businesses still working. Don’t you want people to still work?

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
6. States are shutting down non-essential companies. Are you trying to say keeping your favorite
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:05 PM
Mar 2020

gun manufacturing company and gun stores open, is good for us right now?

If so, you are wrong.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
9. No they are not
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:08 PM
Mar 2020

They are closing none essential service businesses where groups of people congregate. Lots of businesses still going strong. They simply limit visitors and keep on working.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
11. Gun-humpers are lining up at gun stores to purchase more weapons. You guys can't stop protecting
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:09 PM
Mar 2020

your access to more gunz, even in the worst of times.

Gun stores, gun ranges, manufacturing facilities, etc., need to be shut down, at least now. Hope you can muddle through.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
5. Any manufacturer can do that.
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:05 PM
Mar 2020

But why do hospitals need valves and brackets? They need ventilators. Gun manufacturers can’t build ventilators.

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)
7. Not really useful for medical production.
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:06 PM
Mar 2020

Gun smithing is mainly a metal craft while medical goods are plastic. The tooling and equipment are different.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
16. Gunz not much good for anything but killing people, and making gun-humpers happy.
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 11:55 PM
Mar 2020

I’ll bet gunners kill more people over a 5 year period in America than than the Coronavirus.

mitch96

(13,895 posts)
14. I would assume the G'ovt would direct what industries would make what is needed
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 11:28 PM
Mar 2020

Everybody just willy nilly making stuff makes no sense.. Ok, you, paper mill......make masks
get the plans, make/buy/procure the machines and make masks.. Ok, you...... change from making air conditioners and duct work, make ventilators.... get the plans, make/buy/procure the machines and make ventilators...... Three shifts... pay the workers, start moving money around.. YMMV
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