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I am sure there are many reasons why somebody would want firearms, accessories, ammo, etc banned or restricted. I was thinking about how much money I have spent on the hobby, it is a lot. I wonder if financial reasons are a motivator for people supporting gun related bans and restrictions. If it is harder to buy gun related stuff, maybe that money will be spent elsewhere in the economy? Do you think this is on gun grabbers minds when they contemplate gun bans/restrictions?
 
I am sure there are many reasons why somebody would want firearms, accessories, ammo, etc banned or restricted. I was thinking about how much money I have spent on the hobby, it is a lot. I wonder if financial reasons are a motivator for people supporting gun related bans and restrictions. If it is harder to buy gun related stuff, maybe that money will be spent elsewhere in the economy? Do you think this is on gun grabbers minds when they contemplate gun bans/restrictions?
The mindset of the group you refer to isn't worried about capitalist pig free economics.
They just take from you and me. We are here to earn . They are here to tax. Citizens ( subjects) are simply revenue cattle in the socialist worldview.
 
The mindset of the group you refer to isn't worried about capitalist pig free economics.
They just take from you and me. We are here to earn . They are here to tax. Citizens ( subjects) are simply revenue cattle in the socialist worldview.
There was mention, in another thread, of an Idaho CCU that was prohibiting firearm purchases with their members accts. If these CCUs are making business loans to gun shops why would they prevent members from using the CCU's credit/debit cards to buy from these gun shops?

My guess is they are not making business loans to gun shops and they would rather you spent your money at the businesses they are making business loans too.

I don't think it's a main driver behind the bans and restrictions but it could be for some of the gun industry haters, like the banking industry.
 
You're overthinking it.

And the banks don't care how you spend money, they only care that you accumulate debt while spending.
You forget all the banks who were banning services to gun shops. don't underestimate the value of the virtue signal.
 
You're overthinking it.

And the banks don't care how you spend money, they only care that you accumulate debt while spending.
"And the banks don't care how you spend money, they only care that you accumulate debt while spending."

I would think that too, so why would banks try to restrict firearm purchases with their credit/debit cards?
 
"And the banks don't care how you spend money, they only care that you accumulate debt while spending."

I would think that too, so why would banks try to restrict firearm purchases with their credit/debit cards?
"Look at us! We're really good people who care about you by doing everything we can to stop gun violence!"
 
I would like to see a movement by gun friendly states and the Federal government to prohibit doing business with banks who restrict firearm purchases with their member's accounts. This would include prohibiting direct deposits for government employees to these banks.

Edit: This would also mean no access to Fed funds or FDIC protection for their depositors.

If banks want to impede somebody's constitutional right to buy a firearm then they won't be able to rely on government for assistance.
 
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Essentially we should take an Operation Choke Point style effort to separate banks, who impede member's abilities to exercise their constitutional rights, from Governent funds and business. I believe a private bank should be able to serve who they want. When those banks start discriminating against customers for trying to exercise a constitutional right, than no public funds should be available to those banks.
 
The "official" reasons we're given for gun control are to "make people safer" and "reduce gun violence". There definitely is an ulterior motive, but it's not financial. It's control. Guns are an essential part of our system of checks and balances because a people who are disarmed cannot fight back against tyranny.

That said, the majority of anti gun folks either:
(a) have no experience with guns,
(b) have been told by the media, political leaders, and education system that guns are bad and scary,
(c) don't see the need for them,
(d) have never researched the root causes of violence to better understand how to reduce it, or
(e) don't think they will ever find themselves in a situation where they have to defend themselves or their families.

Note that nowhere on that list is "think people should be subjugated by their government". Most anti-gun folks aren't bad people, they're generally just misinformed and uneducated on the topic. Some politicians may also fall into these categories, while others know exactly what they're trying to accomplish.
 
I am sure there are many reasons why somebody would want firearms, accessories, ammo, etc banned or restricted. I was thinking about how much money I have spent on the hobby, it is a lot. I wonder if financial reasons are a motivator for people supporting gun related bans and restrictions. If it is harder to buy gun related stuff, maybe that money will be spent elsewhere in the economy? Do you think this is on gun grabbers minds when they contemplate gun bans/restrictions?
This is all you need to know about gun control in America.

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The "official" reasons we're given for gun control are to "make people safer" and "reduce gun violence". There definitely is an ulterior motive, but it's not financial. It's control. Guns are an essential part of our system of checks and balances because a people who are disarmed cannot fight back against tyranny.

That said, the majority of anti gun folks either:
(a) have no experience with guns,
(b) have been told by the media, political leaders, and education system that guns are bad and scary,
(c) don't see the need for them,
(d) have never researched the root causes of violence to better understand how to reduce it, or
(e) don't think they will ever find themselves in a situation where they have to defend themselves or their families.

Note that nowhere on that list is "think people should be subjugated by their government". Most anti-gun folks aren't bad people, they're generally just misinformed and uneducated on the topic. Some politicians may also fall into these categories, while others know exactly what they're trying to accomplish.

This is all you need to know about gun control in America.

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These two posts have comprehensively answered the OP's question and put the subject to rest. There is no other motives other than what these two posts have stated.

@Moderators please close this thread as it's run its course.

Mic drop! ;) :s0108:
 
Motivations for anti gun legislation....

Two very broad , general answers here :

At its best....a misplaced / misguided sense of safety.

At its worst....control over others.

Neither of which is a good mindset or motivation....unless you want to get rid of something.
Andy
 
Mexico would like to see gun control here in the US so Cartels have a tougher time getting arms from us. That would be another motive.
No... the Mexican government wants us to have a tougher time repelling the cartels' (yes, that's plural) operations across our borders and into our private properties so the Mexican social elites can continue to get their cartel hush-money which enables the cartels in the first place.
 

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