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Knee Jerk Reactions Continue After Sandy Hook
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: December 18, 2012 12:49PM

Discovery Channel cancels American Guns.

http://www.salon.com/2012/12/17/discovery_channel_cancels_american_guns/singleton/



Dick's is suspending sales of semi-automatic rifles.

http://www.ktar.com/23/1596282/Dicks-stores-suspend-sales-of-certain-rifles



Wal Mart pulls AR-15s from web store (no you can't buy them from Wal Mart online, they just advertise.)



Private equity firm offloads Freedom Group, which includes Remington and Bushmaster.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/18/us-cerberus-freedomgroup-idUSBRE8BH08F20121218



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/18/2012 12:50PM by eesh.

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Re: Knee Jerk Reactions Continue After Sandy Hook
Posted by: More Complete ()
Date: December 18, 2012 01:04PM

Lame.

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Re: Knee Jerk Reactions Continue After Sandy Hook
Posted by: Question for eesh ()
Date: December 18, 2012 01:05PM

More Complete Wrote:
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> Lame.

+1

That's all s/he is.

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Re: Knee Jerk Reactions Continue After Sandy Hook
Posted by: More Complete ()
Date: December 18, 2012 01:09PM

Question for eesh Wrote:
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> More Complete Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Lame.
>
> +1
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> That's all s/he is.

Well I meant the knee jerk reactions are lame but whatever, I guess you have to expect this kind of backlash when these things happen.

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Re: Knee Jerk Reactions Continue After Sandy Hook
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: December 18, 2012 01:16PM

More Complete Wrote:
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> Well I meant the knee jerk reactions are lame but
> whatever, I guess you have to expect this kind of
> backlash when these things happen.




Apparently the private equity firm is offloading the firearm manufacturers because California's teacher pension fund was threatening to invest elsewhere.

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Re: Knee Jerk Reactions Continue After Sandy Hook
Posted by: Good for Them ()
Date: December 18, 2012 01:19PM

Great! It's a start. If we can keep up the momentum, we might actually get somewhere.

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Re: Knee Jerk Reactions Continue After Sandy Hook
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: December 18, 2012 01:22PM

eesh Wrote:
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> Discovery Channel cancels American Guns.

I heard the entire Food Network is being canceled because of Chris Christie's behavior at a recent fundraising dinner.

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