The primary one gun manufacturers use is shining a spotlight on every instance of a Democrat comment or putting forth legislation that limits gun ownership. I think most people would be surprised at how frequently this happens when you include local governments. Of course, most of those bills never have a chance of passing, they're just virtue signaling for the left. But it really invigorates the right. When Obama took office some types of guns and ammo were not widely available for literally years. People were so afraid he'd take their guns they hoarded them like crazy.
>Throughout the late 1960s, the militant black nationalist group used their understanding of the finer details of California’s gun laws to underscore their political statements about the subjugation of African-Americans. In 1967, 30 members of the Black Panthers protested on the steps of the California statehouse armed with .357 Magnums, 12-gauge shotguns and .45-caliber pistols and announced, “The time has come for black people to arm themselves.”
>The display so frightened politicians—including California governor Ronald Reagan—that it helped to pass the Mulford Act, a state bill prohibiting the open carry of loaded firearms, along with an addendum prohibiting loaded firearms in the state Capitol. The 1967 bill took California down the path to having some of the strictest gun laws in America and helped jumpstart a surge of national gun control restrictions.
I had no intention of making the NRA look good. But the minute I start pointing out that Reagan was all for gun control when Black people were “exercising their rights”, Ill get flag for being political.
It already is. What communities do you think politicians are targeting when they ban cheap guns, add $100/year licensing requirements, etc? If you don't think that laws targeting "Saturday night specials" are motivated by race or at least class, just look up the origin of the term.
I wager hollywood and the video game industry drive more gun sales than the NRA and all the marketing firms hired by gun manufacturers combined. The John Wick movies probably sold more guns than a hundred editions of NRA magazines.
