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littlemissmartypants

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1. Of course. When you love guns more than children, the marketing is...

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 02:03 AM

Sep 9

A little tricky. But anything to sell more guns, holsters, CC permit classes, shooting ranges, target practice lessons, targets, metal detectors, bullet proof backpacks, glass, desks, doors, vests and so on.

Think of all of the jobs in crime scene cleanup.

Not sarcasm.

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