Quote Originally Posted by Tartun View Post
Not true. The "anti-gun control lobby" is funded, in no small part by MY DONATIONS and those of people like me.
Well, if you want to play that game, the "gun-control lobby" is also funded by people like you. Maybe not with the same political affiliation but surely by people like you.

Furthermore, the gun industry will always have military customers, and can charge what it needs to in order to survive, solely on government contracts- if need be.
That is inaccurate. You are basically saying that the gun industry will not suffer from shrinking of their market because they can sell stuff to military. That obviously goes against pretty much every economical principle. If you are making a product, you are always looking for ways to expand your market, be it advertisement or lobbying for legislation that would make your products more easily accessible.

If you think the anti-gun control lobby is working for the gun industry, how do you explain the NRA's steadfast defense of MY right to sell MY guns secondhand? It would be in the best interest of "big gun" to prohibit the exchange of used firearms. That way all firearm customers would be forced to purchase a new gun.
First, you still need to buy bullets for the secondhand gun that you are buying. And second, NRA opposes many regulations that deal with gun control. It would be difficult for them to push for some regulations and be against others. Also, limiting what customers can do with their purchased goods usually comes with a pushback from the customers. For example, look into the criticism of policies of iTunes Store that limits the freedom of the customers. So basically, I'm guessing it is more profitable for them to push for those rather than oppose them.