DustyGmt
Member
Anybody else feel a strong urge to go out and purchase/support S&W products to reward them for being stalwart defenders of 2A and not tucking tail and placating the rabid anti gun jackwagons?
Aside from the fact that I'm not necessarily in favor of their decision to call alot of their products "M&P (Military and Police) for the simple fact that it could send a conflicting message in a broad sense, I have always loved their products and the way they conducted themselves in this latest House Oversight Committee inquisition/witch hunt makes me an even stronger supporter of them, so much that I may have the perfect excuse to go buy myself a new S&W.
https://www.guns.com/news/2022/08/16/smith-wesson-issues-total-chad-statement-on-2a
Quote from a S&W Representative:
“A number of politicians and their lobbying partners in the media have recently sought to disparage Smith & Wesson. Some have had the audacity to suggest that after they have vilified, undermined and defunded law enforcement for years, supported prosecutors who refuse to hold criminals accountable for their actions, overseen the decay of our country’s mental health infrastructure, and generally promoted a culture of lawlessness, Smith & Wesson and other firearm manufacturers are somehow responsible for the crime wave that has predictably resulted from these destructive policies. But they are the ones to blame for the surge in violence and lawlessness, and they seek to avoid any responsibility for the crisis of violence they have created by attempting to shift the blame to Smith & Wesson, other firearm manufacturers and law-abiding gun owners.
It is no surprise that the cities suffering most from violent crime are the very same cities that have promoted irresponsible, soft-on-crime policies that often treat criminals as victims and victims as criminals. Many of these same cities also maintain the strictest gun laws in the nation. But rather than confront the failure of their policies, certain politicians have sought more laws restricting the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, while simultaneously continuing to undermine our institutions of law and order. And to suppress the truth, some now seek to prohibit firearm manufacturers and supporters of the 2nd Amendment from advertising products in a manner designed to remind law-abiding citizens that they have a Constitutional right to bear arms in defense of themselves and their families.
To be clear, a Smith & Wesson firearm has never broken into a home; a Smith & Wesson firearm has never assaulted a woman out for a late-night run in the city; a Smith & Wesson firearm has never carjacked an unsuspecting driver stopped at a traffic light.
Instead, Smith & Wesson provides these citizens with the means to protect themselves and their families.
We are proud of our 170-year history. We are proud of the commitment of our employees to making a quality product. We are proud to provide law-abiding citizens and law enforcement – our customers – with the tools to provide for their security and independence. We are proud of our responsible business practices.
We will continue to work alongside law enforcement, community leaders and lawmakers who are genuinely interested in creating safe neighborhoods. We will engage those who genuinely seek productive discussions, not a means of scoring political points. We will continue informing law-abiding citizens that they have a Constitutionally-protected right to defend themselves and their families. We will never back down in our defense of the 2nd Amendment.”
I am glad S&W decided to go this route instead of bowing down like so many others. If Bill Ruger was still alive and was at this hearing, it would have been a major setback with his attitude and commentary about the "honest man, blah blah blah". But such as it is and the way our media is, nobody will ever see this response from S&W but at least a few of us will. All this nonsense about dragging the manufacturers through the mud and assigning blame to them is a bunch of bull and they know it, their bleeding hearts and soft on crime policy failures are directly to blame for alot of the casualties they are so "outraged by".
It's funny, it has recently been pointed out to me that just under 100K new IRS positions have just opened up. I looked up the number of public schools in the country and it is eerily close to the number of positions that just opened up. If they were so steadfast about keeping the children safe, they could dispense with the new IRS jobs (that we don't need) and put an armed security person in every school and for alot less at the expense of the taxpayer. But sadly these people aren't really looking for a solution......
Just a bit of random thought vomit, but good on S&W. I think I'll go out and buy a 642
Aside from the fact that I'm not necessarily in favor of their decision to call alot of their products "M&P (Military and Police) for the simple fact that it could send a conflicting message in a broad sense, I have always loved their products and the way they conducted themselves in this latest House Oversight Committee inquisition/witch hunt makes me an even stronger supporter of them, so much that I may have the perfect excuse to go buy myself a new S&W.
https://www.guns.com/news/2022/08/16/smith-wesson-issues-total-chad-statement-on-2a
Quote from a S&W Representative:
“A number of politicians and their lobbying partners in the media have recently sought to disparage Smith & Wesson. Some have had the audacity to suggest that after they have vilified, undermined and defunded law enforcement for years, supported prosecutors who refuse to hold criminals accountable for their actions, overseen the decay of our country’s mental health infrastructure, and generally promoted a culture of lawlessness, Smith & Wesson and other firearm manufacturers are somehow responsible for the crime wave that has predictably resulted from these destructive policies. But they are the ones to blame for the surge in violence and lawlessness, and they seek to avoid any responsibility for the crisis of violence they have created by attempting to shift the blame to Smith & Wesson, other firearm manufacturers and law-abiding gun owners.
It is no surprise that the cities suffering most from violent crime are the very same cities that have promoted irresponsible, soft-on-crime policies that often treat criminals as victims and victims as criminals. Many of these same cities also maintain the strictest gun laws in the nation. But rather than confront the failure of their policies, certain politicians have sought more laws restricting the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, while simultaneously continuing to undermine our institutions of law and order. And to suppress the truth, some now seek to prohibit firearm manufacturers and supporters of the 2nd Amendment from advertising products in a manner designed to remind law-abiding citizens that they have a Constitutional right to bear arms in defense of themselves and their families.
To be clear, a Smith & Wesson firearm has never broken into a home; a Smith & Wesson firearm has never assaulted a woman out for a late-night run in the city; a Smith & Wesson firearm has never carjacked an unsuspecting driver stopped at a traffic light.
Instead, Smith & Wesson provides these citizens with the means to protect themselves and their families.
We are proud of our 170-year history. We are proud of the commitment of our employees to making a quality product. We are proud to provide law-abiding citizens and law enforcement – our customers – with the tools to provide for their security and independence. We are proud of our responsible business practices.
We will continue to work alongside law enforcement, community leaders and lawmakers who are genuinely interested in creating safe neighborhoods. We will engage those who genuinely seek productive discussions, not a means of scoring political points. We will continue informing law-abiding citizens that they have a Constitutionally-protected right to defend themselves and their families. We will never back down in our defense of the 2nd Amendment.”
I am glad S&W decided to go this route instead of bowing down like so many others. If Bill Ruger was still alive and was at this hearing, it would have been a major setback with his attitude and commentary about the "honest man, blah blah blah". But such as it is and the way our media is, nobody will ever see this response from S&W but at least a few of us will. All this nonsense about dragging the manufacturers through the mud and assigning blame to them is a bunch of bull and they know it, their bleeding hearts and soft on crime policy failures are directly to blame for alot of the casualties they are so "outraged by".
It's funny, it has recently been pointed out to me that just under 100K new IRS positions have just opened up. I looked up the number of public schools in the country and it is eerily close to the number of positions that just opened up. If they were so steadfast about keeping the children safe, they could dispense with the new IRS jobs (that we don't need) and put an armed security person in every school and for alot less at the expense of the taxpayer. But sadly these people aren't really looking for a solution......
Just a bit of random thought vomit, but good on S&W. I think I'll go out and buy a 642
Last edited:
