Ruger and Smith & Wesson: Time to join the LEA Boycott In Anti-2A states

[Shadowrider]

Add Remington to the list of customers calling on them via facebook to put some skin in the game:

https://www.facebook.com/remingtonarmscompany

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately" Ben Franklin

That's all well and good but as GTG says it's time for them to take on some risk. This is going to be especially hard for Ruger and S&W because they're publicly traded companies and Remington is owned by a publicly traded company too as are others. Their stockholders may not like it if they start re-locating and such. That costs money. Hopefully their CEOs are already trying to get the BODs and stockholders on board because their very existence may end up depending on it.

 

[Cinaet]

Ruger and Smith & Wesson's facebook pages are lit up with posts from loyal customers requesting they join the ever growing list of firearms manufacturers, distributors and retailers changing their sales policies to exclude law enforcement agency sales of products in states where new laws are making these products illegal for law abiding civillians to purchase, infringing on their second amendment rights.

https://www.facebook.com/smithwessoncorp

https://www.facebook.com/Ruger

I wouldn't count on it. Both companies have a history, and in one case active participation, of cratering in the face of controversy.

 

[Glocktogo]

I wouldn't count on it. Both companies have a history, and in one case active participation, of cratering in the face of controversy.

Yes, but both companies got hammered over their policies and positions of appeasement in the past. They absolutely remember what that cost them, both in sales and credibility.

I doubt they want to endure that, again.

 

[Raoul Duke]

How Gun Maker Smith & Wesson Almost Went Out Of Business When It Accepted Gun Control

 

[TerryMiller]

How Gun Maker Smith & Wesson Almost Went Out Of Business When It Accepted Gun Control

OK. Now something in that article confused me. Principally this:

"Smith & Wesson has been around since the mid 1800s. The company is one of the standard issuers of firearms for the police and armed forces across the nation. Things were going well for the firm until 2000.

That year, President Bill Clinton proposed legislation that enforced safety and design standards, such as locking devices and restrictions on magazine sizes, and limits on the sales and distribution of firearms. No marketing or advertising restrictions were put in place. Clinton had been working on gun safety for the later part of his term, so this was a huge milestone for his efforts. Current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was the architect behind the agreement."

Specifically, the story refers to the year 2000. I thought that the Clinton-era AWB was enacted in 1994. Am I missing a second law that was enacted in Clinton's last year in office?

 

[Glocktogo]

OK. Now something in that article confused me. Principally this:

"Smith & Wesson has been around since the mid 1800s. The company is one of the standard issuers of firearms for the police and armed forces across the nation. Things were going well for the firm until 2000.

That year, President Bill Clinton proposed legislation that enforced safety and design standards, such as locking devices and restrictions on magazine sizes, and limits on the sales and distribution of firearms. No marketing or advertising restrictions were put in place. Clinton had been working on gun safety for the later part of his term, so this was a huge milestone for his efforts. Current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was the architect behind the agreement."

Specifically, the story refers to the year 2000. I thought that the Clinton-era AWB was enacted in 1994. Am I missing a second law that was enacted in Clinton's last year in office?

IIRC, the gun safety push began around 1997, several years after the AWB was passed. It was sold as "voluntary" to forestall mandatory safety laws. This is where the abominable S&W frame locks sprang from.

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/U.S.+HANDGUN+MAKERS+AGREE+TO+INCLUDE+CHILD-SAFETY+DEVICES.-a083887789

 

[cktad]

Your post made me think of this flag:

 

[10bird]

They should refuse to do any warranty for those state governments.

 

[Raoul Duke]

Time For Firearms Manufacturers to Draw the Line

We need the major manufacturers. When will they step up?

There are 800,000 law enforcement officers, give or take, in the entire US. That includes State, Federal, and local police of every description. From the beat cop to the FBI HRT. From the deputy with a Glock to the agents of the Department of Education armed with short barreled shotguns. The FBI reports that there were 2,495,440 NICS checks nationwide in January of 2013.

This means that if every sworn officer in the nation threw his gun away and bought another tomorrow, it would represent less than one third of the total firearms purchases by citizens in January alone!

Now it’s time to make those economics work for us. Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, is the real gun control threat we face. There are other anti-gun groups, but they don’t have the money to make a real difference. Not so with Bloomie. He has so much money that I can’t really describe it without sounding like Carl Sagan. And he’s not afraid to use it to attack your rights.

So let’s strike back directly at him. According to Wikipedia the NYPD lets officers choose between three handguns for on duty use, the SIG 226, the Smith and Wesson 5946, and the Glock 19. None of these pistols comes with the now mandatory 7 round “New York Magazine.” That means regular honest citizens of New York cannot buy the same guns the NYPD carries on duty. I think that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Why should the police be able to buy a standard handgun while the citizens they protect cannot?

Luckily, Grass Roots North Carolina has an idea. They have posted a suggested letter and three email addresses. They are asking you to email SIG, Smith and Wesson, and Glock to ask them to stop selling to New York government agencies, including the NYPD. If the citizens can’t purchase a simple handgun, why should the police have it?

Go to this GRNC link, read the Alert, and send those three emails. We need to remind these companies who pays their bills.