While It Rages in His GOP-Led Hometown

What are the Republicans doing about it? Oh, that's right they're telling people to pray more. I had no idea these politicians were also spiritual leaders. Did you? It is much easier to tell people to pray than to pass legislation that might make your BIG donors angry.

Sadly, the people who listen to these hypocrites probably agree with them. Sure. Why not?

Why pass laws that might make those who donate alot of money angry? We can't have that.

Oh, and keep that paranoid and fearful lie about the Dems coming to take your guns.

Soon we will have to choose which is more important. As long as anybody can buy a gun or have a friend with a clean background buy it for him, there will be more killings. More small caskets purchased.

When I was in elementary school most of us worried about getting a good report card. We also had fire drills in case a fire broke out in the school.

These days children in elementary school have to practice active shooter drills. My how our lives have improved, huh? I guess we aren't praying hard enough.


BTW, I'm not opposed to rational and sane people, especially women, having a gun for protection. I'm opposed to any crack pot buying military type weapons. Come on, people. This latest murderer bought these weapons on the day he turned 18! He couldn't wait to gun down complete strangers.

Is there one person on here who doesn't know that was his intention?

I have a feeling OM knows that was his intention. It's quite obvious. Knowing something and acknowledging it are not the same.

I can't help wonder how the person who sold the cold blooded murderer the killing machines must be feeling. He had to know the murderer turned 18 the day he bought them. I'd be a little leary about that. Would you? The killer must have been counting the days.

BTW, I don't think changing the age by 3 more years will change anything at all.

It's a pathetically weak move.  Senate Democrats are making a huge mistake giving Republicans cover on the gun violence epidemic without getting anything of substance in return. This deal mostly ignores guns.  It focuses on what the NRA and their republican supporters prefer the debate to be on...mental health and hardening of schools. 

Gun seller not feeling, he is counting his money.  Huge mark up - averages 40 to 60% on new, 20 to 30% on used.

50% mark-up isn't a lot of mark-up. It's probably about average for a retail business. The real money is in turnover of product. If a gun store sells one particular gun per week, the store makes considerably more than 50% profit at the end of the year. By the way, markup is based on the selling price, not the investment. I used to think, if you buy for $100, 50% mark-up would mean you sell at $150, but that's not how it works. Buying at $100 and selling at $150 is considered 33.33% markup. When a store buys at $100 and sells for $200 (50% mark-up), $100 of the selling price is profit and the other $100 is the original investment required to buy the first gun, which it reinvests in another gun. It's actually the same $100 originally invested to buy the first gun. Selling one per week amounts to 50% profit for the week. The store doubled its money in one week. There are 52 weeks in a year so at the end of the year, the store has made $5200 profit on a $100 investment, since the original $100 is continually returned with every sale and then reinvested. Obviously, there are a lot of variables. Some guns will sell better than others and none of this takes operating expenses into consideration, but the real money is made from turnover of product much more than mark-up. Any business thrives when it can perpetually turnover it's investment.

I used to work at a 7-11. We had a donut tray delivered every day, and we'd sell out of donuts virtually every day. The price was doubled (considered 50% mark-up since the mark-up was 50% of the selling price). If the tray costs $25 and they get back $50, they've made $25 profit and they get their original $25 investment back, which they reinvest in the next donut tray. At the end of the year, they've made 365 times $25 daily profit. That's $9,125 profit from a $25 investment. So, when you hear convenience stores b*tch about making only about 10% on gas or cigarettes, bear in mind, at most stations, gas turns over at least once a week, sometimes two or three times a week and cigarettes turn about once every one to two weeks. If a store only netted around 10% profit, it wouldn't be in business long.