How Did I Get on a Mailing List for Weapons of Death?

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1. Bob Shepherd says:

   July 16, 2022 at 11:29 am

   !!!!!!

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2. retired teacher says:

   July 16, 2022 at 11:34 am

   My guess about how you ended up on the gun list is based on some algorithm that identified you with weapons. Probably the the algorithm that is incapable of thinking missed the fact that you have written in opposition to easy access to guns.

   It is far too easy for anyone to get a gun including an AR 15 in this country. Compared to other western nations our death by gun rate is off the charts.

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   • Bob Shepherd says:

     July 16, 2022 at 11:40 am

     This country is full of deranged gun nuts.

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     • Bob Shepherd says:

       July 16, 2022 at 11:42 am

       When I lived in New Hampshire, an elderly woman was shot and killed while working in the garden at her home. The judge said in court that she shouldn’t have been wearing white gloves outside during deer hunting season. I was an avid hiker. I was often out on the trails in the White and Greem mountains. But sadly, it was often the case that there were the sounds of gun shots in the air. Idiots out doing serial murder of wildlife for sport.

     • SomeDAM Poet says:

       July 16, 2022 at 2:19 pm

       The judge said in court that she shouldn’t have been wearing white gloves outside during deer hunting season.,”

       Yes, the whitegloved deer are a popular target among hunters in New Hampshire. Very good eating, I hear.

     • Bob Shepherd says:

       July 16, 2022 at 6:59 pm

       Evidently, the white tail is a common signal. So, a flash of white through the foliage is enough, I guess, for these morons to decide to pull a trigger.

     • SomeDAM Poet says:

       July 16, 2022 at 7:55 pm

       What would Pavlov’s Hunter do if he saw someone waving a white flag?

     • Bob Shepherd says:

       July 16, 2022 at 8:28 pm

       Well, that’s was this judge’s opinion. She shouldn’t have been outside working in a flower bed and wearing white gardening gloves in deer hunting season.

     • Bob Shepherd says:

       July 16, 2022 at 8:39 pm

       Follow the Cheney rule: Shoot. Then figure out what you shot.

     • Bob Shepherd says:

       July 16, 2022 at 8:41 pm

       Still trying to figure out how Dick Cheney managed to survive all those years without a functioning heart.

3. Bob Shepherd says:

   July 16, 2022 at 11:39 am

   I see that you can buy the parts here that you need to build your own weapons, Diane.

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   • Bob Shepherd says:

     July 16, 2022 at 12:02 pm

     This will prove useful to you. Diane, as a leader of the George Soros-funded plot for Socialist CRT takeover of America! You might not even need the Jewish Space Lasers!

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     • dianeravitch says:

       July 16, 2022 at 12:13 pm

       True that. But I do have an impressive stockpile of Jewish space lasers. I was thinking of giving them to Ukraine.

     • GregB says:

       July 16, 2022 at 1:35 pm

       I’m a member of the Goyim Squad. Have my official pin:
       https://dissentpins.com/collections/goyim
       I also volunteer for the Gazpacho Police. Pins from same place.

     • SomeDAM Poet says:

       July 16, 2022 at 2:23 pm

       Jewish space lasers are far superior to any gun.

       In fact, even an ordinary gentile laser can blind an ARmed assailant.

4. Wait, What? says:

   July 16, 2022 at 1:36 pm

   Do they bother with an “unsubscribe” hidden in fine print at the bottom?
   And watch out for cookies.

   I wonder if the NRA and gun nuts and legislators (actually those are all 1 person) know that schools FILTER websites and emails. And, actually it’s State Law along with Federal guidance and funding (CIPA).

   Those same gun nuts would be surprised they don’t need their soulless attorneys general to sue the school districts (like for masks and stuff). The ALA – yes – American Library Association – took the the U.S. to court to stop censoring sites and lost (because filters could be set).

   As for those filters – school email and platforms with chat flag the words “gun” “weapon” “kill” “fight” “suicide” “bullying” and many more which sets off an alert. The tech folks send an email to the principal with the email. These have prevented suicide attempts, fights, bullying, and more.

   Hmmm – a filter for hurtful words and maybe a metal detector at the door – but doesn’t matter, a kid can get online and order whatever they want.

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   • Bob Shepherd says:

     July 16, 2022 at 8:30 pm

     Some wag here referred, once, to the Florida State Legislature and Gun Club. I’ve used that often since.

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5. Lloyd Lofthouse says:

   July 16, 2022 at 1:46 pm

   Gee, I’ve never gotten any e-mails like that and I have a weapons safe with several firearms in it, just not the popular mass-killer models.

   I don’t get any PORN spam either.

   What’s wrong with me that they don’t want to even try to pry some money out of me? Am I really that much of an iron rooster?

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   • retiredbutmissthekids says:

     July 16, 2022 at 2:41 pm

     I just received Google news from “Ammo.”
     This was about the gov’t. wanting to keep a registry of…holster owners!
     (Yep, TX, they’re a comin’ fer yer guns!)
     Google sure knows how to track us, eh?!

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     • SomeDAM Poet says:

       July 16, 2022 at 3:22 pm

       GHPS: Google Holster Positioning System

     • dianeravitch says:

       July 16, 2022 at 4:19 pm

       I got another offer today from a different gun seller. I can buy an AR15–no questions asked!— for $63.99.

       AR-15 16″ Lightweight Barrel, .223 WYLDE, 1:8, Parkerized
       MPN: 1232 | UPC: ITM1232

       SALE PRICE
       $63 99 $79.99
       IN STOCK

     • retired teacher says:

       July 16, 2022 at 4:35 pm

       Those prices are unrealistic. It is possible also that you are being targeted as an older person. My husband an I got rid of our house phone because we were inundated by scammers. We got a Magic Jack, which our daughter refers to as our East Berlin phone due to its limited range, just so we could keep our old number. The scammers disappeared, and we mostly use our mobile phones.

     • dianeravitch says:

       July 17, 2022 at 8:57 am

       I unsubscribed to that list. A week later, I got a mailing from a different seller, offering an AR15 for $64.

     • Bob Shepherd says:

       July 16, 2022 at 8:33 pm

       Diane, that’s just for the barrel. You have to build the rest of the ghost gun yourself. If you need a hand with that, ask any incel teenaged boy.

     • SomeDAM Poet says:

       July 17, 2022 at 9:54 am

       “AR-15 16″ Lightweight Barrel, .223 WYLDE, 1:8, Parkerized”

       Does Parkeriized mean it was used in the Parkland high school shooting? Or just “proved” there?

   • carolmalaysia says:

     July 16, 2022 at 6:45 pm

     Sometimes I look at what is in spam. Wow. Look at what I’m missing!! I don’t dare repeat the porn advertisements. Let’s just say there are a LOT of behaviors that I could be engaging in.

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     • Bob Shepherd says:

       July 16, 2022 at 8:35 pm

       Madison Cawthorne could tell you all about those, which he observed at parties in Washington. LOL.

6. Gary Obermeyer, Learning Options says:

   July 16, 2022 at 4:14 pm

   I’ve been getting these emails as well. Kinda afraid to try to unsubscribe because that would only confirm that they are reaching a legitimate address.

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   • GregB says:

     July 16, 2022 at 5:07 pm

     Somehow I got on a Trump text link and haven’t confirmed for exactly the same reason.

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7. GregB says:

   July 16, 2022 at 5:06 pm

   As I thought about it, it makes perfect sense that these marketers would find you. You have a way of zeroing in on the target that’s better than most.

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8. Ed Johnson says:

   July 16, 2022 at 6:28 pm

   Believe me… You will not want to unsubscribe, especially. You will not want to click any links. Rather, you will want to set a rule in your email system to detect a specific email address or email address domain and then to permanently delete the emails.

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   • Gary Obermeyer, Learning Options says:

     July 16, 2022 at 7:40 pm

     Ed, how does one “set a rule” in an Apple Mail client?

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     • Bob Shepherd says:

       July 16, 2022 at 8:36 pm

       simply block the sender

     • Bob Shepherd says:

       July 16, 2022 at 8:37 pm

       https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/block-or-unblock-senders-mlhl0898d7bb/mac#:~:text=In%20the%20Mail%20app%20on,arrow%2C%20then%20choose%20Block%20Contact.

9. carolmalaysia says:

   July 16, 2022 at 6:40 pm

   I get emails all the time wanting me to purchase guns. I forward them to people who are totally against gun sales. Once, when I visited Kuala Lumpur, I brought a full page ad from the local newspaper showing the number of guns for sale and their prices.
   I have a friend in Britian who in an email said that her grandmother told her that in America life is cheap.
   I agree. Even having school children murdered in school doesn’t faze the gun lovers nor some politicians.

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10. Cheryl says:

    July 16, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    I haven’t gotten the gun spam, but I have gotten viagra and the latest is insuring or selling a home in Kansas even though I have never even visited the city or the state. They want me to verify the address so I can get a great price.

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    • Gary Obermeyer, Learning Options says:

      July 16, 2022 at 7:43 pm

      Cherly, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten “final notices” from senders trying to look like McAfee and Norton warning me that my subscription has expired. I have neither.

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      • GregB says:

        July 16, 2022 at 7:52 pm

        I get those too.

11. Jim says:

    July 20, 2022 at 8:39 pm

    This is why no one who has any actual knowledge of firearms cannot take people like you seriously. ATF requires a background check on the Lower Receiver. That is what is considered a firearm. its the part that makes the gun go Boom. The rest of the gun can be purchased online but wont be able to do anything without the Lower Receiver. Please try to inform yourself of the basics before you get hysterical.

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    • dianeravitch says:

      July 21, 2022 at 12:20 am

      Your grammar is pathetic. You stick to your guns, I will stick to thinking and writing.

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    • carolmalaysia says:

      July 21, 2022 at 5:03 am

      Jim, I’m in favor of originalism when it comes to guns in America. Give each gun lover a musket that has to be reloaded after every shot. Then pass a law that says this is the ONLY gun that can be used.
      The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group, defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot or killed, not including the shooter. The U.S. has had 309 mass killings since the beginning of this year.

      Australia bought back 700,000 guns, enacted strict gun laws and they have had ONE mass shooting in 26 years. Homicides have decreased by 60%.
      …………………………………….
      Is mental illness really driving gun violence in the US? Here’s what the research says
      After the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, experts are stressing that most gun violence is not committed by mentally ill people. In fact, mentally ill people are more likely to be victims of violence.
      May 27, 2022
      …What drives mass casualty shootings and gun death, said Swanson and other experts interviewed for this story, is access to guns.

      “We have way more gun deaths by a mile than these other (high-income) countries, and they don’t have a higher rate of mental illness or crime,” Swanson said, noting the U.S. has similar rates of untreated psychiatric illness and mental health spending per capita to other countries.

      “Mass shootings are a uniquely American problem,” added Kapoor. “Any reasonable person would think maybe that has something to do with the big difference in our gun laws and those in other countries, and that access to very dangerous weapons is much easier here than anywhere else in the world.”…

      https://www.today.com/health/health/mental-illness-gun-violence-us-research-says-rcna30833
      …………………………………………….
      What can Australia teach us about guns and gun control?
      May 29, 2022

      …”I thought to myself, if I don’t use the authority of this newly-acquired office to do something, then the Australian people are entitled to think, ‘Well, this bloke’s not up to much,'” said John Howard. So, the then-prime minister, a conservative politician and close friend of George W. Bush, pushed through sweeping gun control legislation just 12 days after the shooting.

      “The hardest things to do in politics often involve taking away rights and privileges from your own supporters,” Howard said.

      The tough new laws banned the sale and importation of all automatic and semi-automatic rifles and shotguns; forced people to present a legitimate reason, and wait 28 days, to buy a firearm; and – perhaps most significantly – called for a massive, mandatory gun-buyback. Australia’s government confiscated and destroyed nearly 700,000 firearms, reducing the number of gun-owning households by half.

      Howard told Doane, “People used to say to me, ‘You violated my human rights by taking away my gun.’ And I’d tell them, ‘I understand that. Will you please understand the argument, the greatest human right of all is to live a safe life without fear of random murder?’”

      If we tally mass shootings that have killed four or more people, in the United States there have been well over 100 since the Port Arthur tragedy. But in Australia, there has been just one in the 26 years since their gun laws were passed. Plus, gun homicides have decreased by 60%.

      Howard said, “It is incontestable that gun-related homicides have fallen quite significantly in Australia, incontestable.”…

      https://news.yahoo.com/australia-teach-us-guns-gun-140036593.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=ma

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12. Jim says:

    July 21, 2022 at 10:52 am

    Way to move the goalposts and completely ignore the fact that you were spouting nonsense. I’ll work on my grammar if you work on your reading comprehension.

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