tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post116034401829452419..comments2024-03-28T06:11:55.879-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: ESPN and the Urge to Be LovedMichael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1160495404873282312006-10-10T09:50:00.000-06:002006-10-10T09:50:00.000-06:00If you look at the whole market (guns ammo clothin...If you look at the whole market (guns ammo clothing and accessories) do you have any breakdown of the profit figures.<BR/><BR/>Are the majority of the industry profits on the hunting or non-hunting shooting sports?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1160495370641116522006-10-10T09:49:00.000-06:002006-10-10T09:49:00.000-06:00If you look at the whole market (guns ammo clothin...If you look at the whole market (guns ammo clothing and accessories) do you have any breakdown of the profit figures.<BR/><BR/>Are the majority of the industry profits on the hunting or non-hunting shooting sports?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1160406417396345092006-10-09T09:06:00.000-06:002006-10-09T09:06:00.000-06:00Our conundrum essentially rests between the first ...Our conundrum essentially rests between the first and second comments...we would like to make our voices heard, but the fact is (and always has been) that the voices of those green pieces of paper speak far louder than we can.<BR/><BR/>Here's an example...we organize a letter-writing campaign to our industry reps expressing our discontent with the direction they're taking. At the same time, Michael Banehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1160403374703112752006-10-09T08:16:00.000-06:002006-10-09T08:16:00.000-06:00Too many people think the 2nd Amendment is about h...Too many people think the 2nd Amendment is about hunting. I think all of us that read your blog understand that it is not. Too many gun owners have the mentality of "why does anybody need an assualt weapon" and similar uninformed views. I have had people that hunt a lot say such things to me. They do not have enough brains to realize that if they ban one type of gun, they can and eventually Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1160399116635681352006-10-09T07:05:00.000-06:002006-10-09T07:05:00.000-06:00How many of the AR/black gun makers are members of...How many of the AR/black gun makers are members of nssf? Any? What do they think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1160361187332717532006-10-08T20:33:00.000-06:002006-10-08T20:33:00.000-06:00Change will only come from those that put money in...Change will only come from those that put money into the NSSF bank account. If hangdun companies like Glock, S&W, Kimber, Kahr, HK, Sig, STI and others don't ask pointed questions like, "what's in it for us?" then nothing will change. They put a lot of money into the industry and they are the companies that are growing yet NSSF is looking to help the next Winchester.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1160354034569494872006-10-08T18:33:00.000-06:002006-10-08T18:33:00.000-06:00Mike, so who do we put pressure on to move away fr...Mike, so who do we put pressure on to move away from the hunter oriented culture that seems to come from such groups as the NSSF?<BR/><BR/>I have been reading your blog for some some time now and agree that it's not the hunters that are supporting the gun industry but the sport shooters and self defense shooters who spend the majority of the money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com