For all their posturing and grandstanding, US consumers have voted and the count is in: we want cheap stuff made in China and we're not willing to pay a dime more for cheap stuff made in the USA.
Remember the old bumper sticker that went something like:
"Out of work? Hungry? Eat your import."
Simple, but true to the point. Americans save a dime now and buy
themselves out of their jobs later.
...but I wouldn't start a gun manufacturing company in any foreign land.
I understand your point, but we could just as easily have an Executive Order
or law passed here in the dead of night that could effectively end many
kinds of firearm/magazine/ammo manufacturing for civies here.
All I have to do is see something like:
Session V: Demographic and Social Dimensions of North American Integration
to know that it is only a matter of time before the rulers of this country
decide that our firearms laws need to be "harmonized" across the NAMU.
BTW, I wouldn't normally recommend anyone ask a PhD level sociologist
about anything, but the wording for
Demographic and Social Dimensions of
North American Integration falls within their discipline. Ask them what
that would actually mean in practice. Bring a
bag with you.
Agenda:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52077
Your Rulers...excuse me, "participants":
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52079
Did anyone VOTE for any of these people? No. Not one. But they are
deciding your future.
Again, my point in bringing up making a foreign product to sell back to you
is to 1) make money for me. ME. ME. ME. That is NOT necessarily good
for AMERICA, but so many people like to couch their business dealings and
their resulting financial advancement as also being good for America. If
I import a product that causes job loss for Americans over the long term
despite supposed short-term savings (oooh, that entire dime), how is
that good for our country? It isn't. 2) Illustrate by doing so that I
could possibly reduce domestic capacity for producing armaments since
my domestic competitors would have to reduce local production capacity,
or even be forced out of business. Who would make investments in new
US firearm development, increasing US manufacturing capacity, or even
improving the machines used in existing US plants? It's better to just take
your money and invest *elsewhere* if you're going to save more on labor
and not have a real tariff to contend with.
This is exactly what has been happening in the auto industry (among others).
The first knee-jerk response would be "But, there are still plenty of new
cars to buy and there would be in the future." Yes, imports. But flip that
over to guns: would you want to have to rely on imports for the bulk of your
firearm/magazine/ammo capacity --especially if an enemy could cut interdict
our imports, or if the products themselves came from the enemy? Look what
happened to Britain and their arms industry prior to/during WWII. Aren't we
in a time of war right now? Why do we allow so many of our goods to be
completely replaced by overseas sources? Can you find an American-made
radio, GPS, computer, etc? What happens when there is only ONE American
source for a critical product --how long does it take to increase suitable
capacity from the thousands to the millions? What kind of damage is done
in the meantime because of short-sighted political and business leaders?
Ignore this trend at your peril or you may find a future in which critical
components for many firearms/ammo are made overseas and a new '89
style import ban is imposed by EO.
LOL, in the meantime we're addicted to cheap imported 7.62x39 and look
what happened when that spigot was turned to a trickle.
