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Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:43 PM Mar 2020

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Texas AG says gun stores are essential, should remain open amid pandemic

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490013-texas-ag-says-gun-stores-are-essential-can-remain-open-amid-pandemic

Texas is making sure it's citizens are properly supplied for the Trump Depression.

In 2017, over half of the nation's 47,173 suicides involved a firearm. The U.S. Department of Justice reports that about 60% of all adult firearm deaths are by suicide, 61% more than deaths by homicide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States

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Texas AG says gun stores are essential, should remain open amid pandemic (Original Post) Snake Plissken Mar 2020 OP

Hmm all those old Trumpsters crowding gun stores... hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1

Rhode Island did the same just today. Nt hack89 Mar 2020 #2

Well now that everyone is out of work and walking around in surgical masks Snake Plissken Mar 2020 #3

Rhode Island is surprisingly pro-gun hack89 Mar 2020 #4

"essential" my ass.. fuck you President Sauron Mar 2020 #5

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)

1. Hmm all those old Trumpsters crowding gun stores...

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:46 PM

Mar 2020

Darwin might well count that as inadvertent GUN CONTROL. Just sayin...

hack89

(39,171 posts)

2. Rhode Island did the same just today. Nt

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:47 PM

Mar 2020

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)

3. Well now that everyone is out of work and walking around in surgical masks

Reply to hack89 (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:50 PM

Mar 2020

you can never have enough guns and ammo around, in case someone who is out of work decides to rob a store to pay his bills.

hack89

(39,171 posts)

4. Rhode Island is surprisingly pro-gun

Reply to Snake Plissken (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:53 PM

Mar 2020

I just think the Governor didn’t want to piss off a critical voting bloc needlessly.

President Sauron

(6 posts)

5. "essential" my ass.. fuck you

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 07:18 PM

Mar 2020

donnie dipshit.

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