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WillAdams12/09/20241 replyview on HN

Have you checked recent legal cases against gun manufacturers? Some are not too far removed from suing a battery manufacturer because someone took the acid from a battery and used it in an attack?

Traveled to New York City or the U.K. recently? Check your pocket for a locking blade, or an assisted opening knife before-hand.


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Spooky2312/09/2024

The difference there is they funneled a lot of marketing dollars into pseudo education and astroturfing campaigns to create a sense of hysteria that the boogeyman was coming for the guns, specifically the now dizzying array of AR-15 derivatives and pistols.

That essentially contributed to a gun buying bubble and solider cosplay.

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