Are there any PRO -gun billionaires??

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The Anti's have Bloomberg, one of the earth's richest men. As sickening as it is, the fact is that despite being only one man, he has more money and resources than the entire NRA combined, all by himself. The damage that can and has been done by an extremist like him is virtually unlimited. Not only will this guy relentlessly attack us until he dies, but now apparently other ultra rich are supporting the Anti's- harvey weinstein, who has not only unlimited funds but also a vastly influential position as major Hollywood producer to insert Anti propaganda into all forms of popular media. I have also heard that Bill Gates and Steven Spielberg have contributed to the Anti cause.

Are there any super rich who stand on our side? Are there any willing to stand up to and counter the men above?? The sad truth is that despite millions of americans being on our side, these handful of scum have the resources to eventually sway things in their direction. We need at least someone like this on our side to counter them.

Does such a person/people exist??
 
bass pro shops billionaire John “Johnny” Morris http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...naire-building-megastores-with-taxpayers.html


billionaire, Stewart J. Rahr, 66, "Mr. Brafman said his client had been licensed to carry a weapon for more than 40 years “for his personal protection.”


The waltons are generally pro gun "2005 through 2012, the Walmart PAC gave nearly $1.7 million to candidates endorsed by the NRA,"

The kochs as someone mentioned


Because many billionaires are from oil money, I suspect there are more billionaires who are pro gun than anti gun.
 
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There is no such thing as an anti-gun billionaire.

There are only "guns for me and my professional bodyguards and my police escort and my secret service agents, but not for all of you" billionaires.
 
billionaire, Stewart J. Rahr, 66, "Mr. Brafman said his client had been licensed to carry a weapon for more than 40 years “for his personal protection.”
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Having a concealed carry license doesn't make one pro-gun.
Remember, Diane Feinstein has a license to carry.
 
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I don't know, is Spielberg a billionaire yet? Madonna? Well, iirc she bought two for her now ex, but buying guns is pro-gun. Tommy Mottola was head of Sony Music for 15 years.

"He has made guns for celebs like Steven Spielberg, Eric Clapton and King Juan Carlos of Spain, as well as Mexican-born pop singer Thalia, pictured above with her Fabbri 20-gauge. Fabbri's father began the business in 1965 in a small shop in the Valle Trompia, a legendary valley in northern Italy that has been home to gunmakers since the 16th century.

Fabbri only makes 30 guns per year, hence the waiting list. Italian artisans spend 400 - 600 hours etching the metalwork on each gun, which can add $50,000 or more to the price. Thalia's husband, music mogul Tommy Mottola, tells the magazine that "Tullio's work is as good as a Picasso."



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What's the term for someone who's worth is in the double digits? Because I'm a pro-gun that.

It is interesting, though, the comparison of money to RKBA. When you look at gun control laws from the perspective of a person with a generous amount of disposable income, it is largely the paperwork and wait that are the problem, and the fees are just another annoyance. From the perspective of someone who lives paycheck to paycheck, bans on cheap firearms or tax requirements make it prohibitive for poor people to own firearms.

Extrapolate that further, and look at the demographics. Minorities make up a larger portion of our poor than they do our rich. Therefore, laws which make guns less available to the poor have a greater effect on minorities than they do on whites. Therefore, gun control is racist.
 
The NRA has MUCH more money "on tap"

from its members (and non-member gunnies than any one man will ever have. :) plus we've got nearly all of the guns, and nearly all the ABILITY with guns. It doesn't worry me much. If one able bodied male gunowner in a million will do the right things, when the big gun seizure law comes, the anti's won't have a country to rule over.

dunno if the Bradjolina marriage has a billion yet, but they are halfway there at least, and very pro-gun.
 
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What's the term for someone who's worth is in the double digits? Because I'm a pro-gun that.

It is interesting, though, the comparison of money to RKBA. When you look at gun control laws from the perspective of a person with a generous amount of disposable income, it is largely the paperwork and wait that are the problem, and the fees are just another annoyance. From the perspective of someone who lives paycheck to paycheck, bans on cheap firearms or tax requirements make it prohibitive for poor people to own firearms.

Extrapolate that further, and look at the demographics. Minorities make up a larger portion of our poor than they do our rich. Therefore, laws which make guns less available to the poor have a greater effect on minorities than they do on whites. Therefore, gun control is racist.
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Gun control is very much racist. In fact, the origins of a lot of gun control laws and carry restrictions (shall issue, open-to-interpretation things like when GA didn't allow carry at "public gatherings", etc) were straight up racist. It allowed the Sheriff or whoever else to selectively enforce based on their whim...which apparently was quite often racially motivated


And yes, all the extra gun control or "this isn't gun control, this is common sense and merely nominal expenses" type stuff is also very arguably racist for just what you said.
 
Did someone say Spielberg? Isn't he typically outspoken against gun stuff, though obviously profiting greatly from it in his movies ("ET Walkie Talkies, anyone? :barf:). I recall hearing (since I never saw it) that Munich was pro-ish gun-ish, but that is more the exception than the rule and more pro-terrorist-ass-kicking in any case.

Buying excellent Fabri firearms does not a supporter make. Merely a man of wealth, and taste. I wager there's a better case to be made that the typical ultra high-end gun purchaser tends to err toward the side of restrictions on the less powerful who could potentially worry them.

"And yes, all the extra gun control or "this isn't gun control, this is common sense and merely nominal expenses" type stuff is also very arguably racist for just what you said."
Ay-up. It's also usually followed by "you don't want people like that having guns," or "they can't be trusted; it'd be like the Wild West," or my favorite; "it's in their own best interest." We hear so much about 'white privilege' these days that many folks have forgotten about good 'ol white arrogance (upper-middle-class arrogance to be specific, but you get my drift). Afflicted many an abolitionist and slaveholder alike.

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Warp, there's also the more direct examples of Jim Crow laws and slave codes.
 
"Schindler's List" SHOULD have given people the awareness that once the Warsaw Ghetto was disarmed, the Jews had no chance, but Polish underground fighters DID give the Nazi's a run for the money until they burned it down. That was THE movie that Spielberg will be remembered for.
 
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Gun control is very much racist. In fact, the origins of a lot of gun control laws and carry restrictions ... were straight up racist. It allowed the Sheriff or whoever else to selectively enforce based on their whim...which apparently was quite often racially motivated
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I agree. The State of Indiana made me get a License to Carry a Handgun and I know durn good and well that it's just because I'm mostly Scots-Irish. (The English have always harassed and oppressed us.)
 
Don't know about Donald Trump himself, but do know both his sons are big time hunters, including African safaris.
 
To accumulate the kind of wealth needed to become a billionaire requires an extraordinary amount of crimes against society, and to commit that many offenses requires government complicity. To hold that wealth and protect it against the unwashed masses (that would be us) is a lot easier when you have near total control over the people. To that end the richer you are and the larger your share of the pie is the more you will seek to dominate and control those who might take some of it back. That is why the wealthy are generally for gun control (and peasant control for that matter). It's probably a big reason the government wastes so much money subsidizing sports; pro sports is the modern version of bread and circuses.

Hey, you asked!;)
 
"Buying excellent Fabri firearms does not a supporter make."

Sure, go on whining because they aren't as big a gun rights supporter as you. Or maybe they are. You don't know. Sounds like more sour grapes about wealthy folks than anything else.
 
Charles and David Koch, although I don't think either of them are shooters themselves, they are very libertarian and spend a lot of money on it. That said, I have met Charles and talked to him and while not specifically about this subject, I get the feeling he is not 'pro-gun-enough' for most people on THR.
 
Owning one or guns doesn't make someone "pro-gun." I've known many gun owners who were fervently in favor of gun control, even though some of the reasons they specified would have made them ineligible to own a firearm themselves.

Any attempt to point out the problem with their logic is met with disinterest or blank incomprehension. I think it's a form of schizophrenia, though I think that word is technically obsolete nowadays. They hold two opposing viewpoints, and refuse to acknowledge any connection whatsoever between them.
 
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