There are many other reasons to dislike Ruger.
The fact that he made his flash hiders, folders and hi-caps LEO of his own accord never bothered me.
When it was just marketing--like Ford not selling 'police interceptor' crown vics to private citizens--that was fine. As with most things, self-imposed 'for police use only' policies are promoted by merchants to give that exlusive more-tactical-than-thou feel to their goods not otherwise barred for sale to the public at large by law. So if Ruger courted the police-buyer market by not selling k-mini's and 20 rnd mags, that's fine. Nice folks lined up to make the duplicate item to retrofit the little guns. Hi-cap mini-14 mags were cheap and (at least some) good quality. And a worn out police k-mini could be had second hand for twice what it cost the original purchaser. Just like I can buy that clunker Ford from the local PD when they are done wearing it out and live out my secret cop fantasy.
The problem is that the fool opened his mouth, said what he said about things and how little he esteemed the Citizens of Our Republic, and made clear that he would lay down for gold. Sorry to speak ill of the dead, but too bad. He went on record while he lived and breathed and his company has never recanted for him. Heretic of the RKBA he remains.
Now his company is always lined up to build in some little safety toy (ie. loaded chamber indicator, mag-disconnect, warning to the stupid that they are holding an actual gun). I find this onerous because they will, watch and see, be lined up and OK with laws forcing these changes in firearm design that will be codified in law by do gooders. As many do, I find loaded chamber indicators (at best) a sloppy substitute for training in safe weapon handling and at worse a feature that reduces reliability. And mag cut offs--can't picture a scenario where you NEED that gun to work without a mag? I can.
I'm rambling. The point being, I bought my 10/22 and my mini before he opened his yap. I like them pretty well. I'm not buying anymore.
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