Can you please keep your politics to yourselfBy the standards of some of the visible ones in today’s gun community, you’re apparently an accomplice to Massive Socialist Liberal Gun Takeaways or something for not rescuing those precious guns.
Can you please keep your politics to yourselfBy the standards of some of the visible ones in today’s gun community, you’re apparently an accomplice to Massive Socialist Liberal Gun Takeaways or something for not rescuing those precious guns.
I'm not convinced ignorance is the right explanation here.People like The Liberal don't seem to understand that the whole concept of gun ownership is being besieged. . .
I understand why some guns might have to be destroyed.
but the risk of seized guns falling into the wrong hands is too great to ignore.
I'm unaware of anything about previously-seized firearms that would make them more likely to be used in a crime than any other firearm. Are you?. . . but the risk of seized guns falling into the wrong hands is too great to ignore.
Should we destroy cars seized from drunk drivers lest they be used to drive drunk again?
... coupled with the fact that Benchmade has hidden behind the scenes without so much as an utterance to clarify their stance to align with their 2A customer base. Adding insult to injury, Benchmade's silence on the issue is compounded with the recent information broadcasted about their support for the same party that is so eager to strip away 2A rights and impose severe control.
This is much brewha about a non issue. Sure it was a little political. Police are political after all. The reasons for their policies are political as well. It is up to locals to force change to the firearm disposal policies regarding firearms obtained by the police. Benchmark assisted and now we are supposed to be mad at Benchmark. For me a non issue. I don't care if they are destroyed or sold. What I would care about would be those that walk out the station back door, back into a tool for crime.
To understand is to look at the politics and not be tainted in your understand of those politics by your position on the subject.
Why? My dollars, my politics, my priorities.I am not sure which disturbs me more. . . who thinks that the correct answer is to limit our interactions in the common space and social sphere to those individuals and companies who believe what we do and to try to actively destroy those individuals and companies who don't.
Tarosean, this is what I mean. Horseman61 is boycotting Benchmade for this, because they offended him by helping to destroy firearms. But he hasn’t boycotted Academy, Glock, Ruger or Hornady (examples) for their roles in making firearms very accessible. I’m not saying he’s wrong or criticizing him. I am pointing out that quite a few people are willing to immediately criticize and boycott over a perceived 2A slight, but we sure as heck don’t boycott or protest the manufacturer, seller or even owner (in some cases) when one of the weapons we want is used to commit a crime. Heck, I reckon there’s people here who want the Vegas shooters arsenal sold off.
To be clear, what Benchmade did was legal. . . and I don't like it, so I won't buy their stuff.Academy, Glock, Ruger, Hornady, etc., are conducting legal business. Why would anyone (except maybe you ....) boycott a legal business????
To be clear, what Benchmade did was legal. . . and I don't like it, so I won't buy their stuff.
What Academy, Glock, Ruger, Hornady, etc do is legal, and I like it, so I buy their stuff. Well, except for Academy. . . and Glock. . .
This IS politics, via the Wallet; the best and second-most-honest sort of politics.
At least they let everyone know where they stand. How many businesses, you do business with, do you think support views that oppose yours that you don’t know about?
I bet it’s a lot and they would prefer to keep things that would hurt their business private vs shove it in the face of their customers.