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no_hypocrisy

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11. That was then. This is now.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #10)

Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:19 PM

Apr 2020

And you have a LOT of gun owners who aren't exactly buying to add to their collections. They intend to use them for leverage, for threats, to be vigilantes, to be the militia in the 2nd Amendment, whatever.

The Great Depression: Usually it was criminals who had access to guns. Ordinary Americans didn't stock up on weapons and ammo just because Dillinger used them.

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How Bad Might it Get? Think Great Depression [View all] marmar Apr 2020 OP

i'm so glad my home is paid off. I just have to worry about the property taxes now. Javaman Apr 2020 #1

My motorhome that I live in fulltime is paid for. I just need to buy SammyWinstonJack Apr 2020 #13

Me too. MiniMe Apr 2020 #14

i'm not as optimistic as you. i'm thinking dark ages rampartc Apr 2020 #2

Neo feudalism. Arthur_Frain Apr 2020 #4

For those of us fortunate enough to live in a liberal region, Balkanization might not be a bad thing Victor_c3 Apr 2020 #7

The deconstruction of the U.S. would be a nightmare in so many ways. Arthur_Frain Apr 2020 #12

It's not just economic deprivation. no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #3

The need to defend their home with excessive force is a conservative dream come true Victor_c3 Apr 2020 #8

And that partially explains the pathological desperation for gun owners no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #9

I don't think there was a breakdown of the social order in this country PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #10

That was then. This is now. no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #11

I remember seeing someone post "Make America Great Depression Again" a few months back Claustrum Apr 2020 #5

The two main reasons the GD lasted so long was Hoover and the gold standard. roamer65 Apr 2020 #6

This is the end of capitalism it is failing scarytomcat Apr 2020 #15