Talking about cheek, it amazes me how greedy some business owners are, and how shameless they are in trying to make a buck, off of people’s grief.

(CNN) — The owner of a company that sold firearm merchandise to both the Virginia Tech University and Northern Illinois University shooters said he will sell his guns at cost for the next two weeks in hopes that “law-abiding” citizens will buy them to prevent similar tragedies. (source)

First off, the whole idea of selling guns over the internet, is mind boggling. No wonder some crack pot was able to get guns, and go shoot up innocent people. It shows not only a lack of concern for people, but this latest gimmick, is nothing more than shameless self promotion. Sure for two weeks he’ll sell his wares at cost, as if that is going to instill a sense of well being. To ‘prevent‘ these type of incidents, he says, but come on, more guns out there, easier it becomes for criminals and crack pots to get a hold of them, easier for innocent accidents to happen, because this GUN RUNNER is doing nothing but putting more guns on the street, CHEAPER.

Frankly, it is nothing but a cheap tawdry marketing trick, to get people to buy his guns, and to get his name out there, to do more business. At the risk of innocent lives, and he thinks it is to promote better gun awareness? All it does is show how greedy people can be, how willing they are to trade on people’s grief, in order to promote their own business, their own agendas.

Thompson said he has a “really emotional and raw feeling” about having links to the attacks. “I feel absolutely terrible for the parents, students and schools.” (source)

So he feels bad, terrible to be linked to these crimes, so instead of advocating tougher laws to keep guns away from sickos, he wants to sell them at his ‘supposed cost’ in order to let more people have access to weapons, to supposedly feel safe. Like, how is that helping?

Really, while there is no doubt that more needs to be done for those who are ill, who need treatment, making it easier for them to get guns is just plain stupid. To make weapons easier for criminals to get a hold of, to find, is reckless.

To claim it is for helping to prevent more such incidents, is the height of gall.