Lon Horiuchi A Spokesperson For HS Precision ?

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In an apparent attempt at financial suicide it appears the H.S. precision firearms has loaded their new catalog with testimonials and an endorsement by none other than the infamous Lon Horiuchi. Horiuchi, for those who don’t remember is the FBI sniper credited with killing Vicki Weaver while she held her youngest child in her arms at Ruby Ridge. It is also rumored that Horiuchi was the person who fired the first shot at WACO and was responsible for killing several unarmed Branch Davidians who were blinded by smoke and CS gas and trying to surrender.

It appears that this company is about to get Dixie Chicked
You may contact them here

©H-S PRECISION, INC.
1301 TURBINE DRIVE,
RAPID CITY, SD 57703
(605) 341-3006 TEL
(605) 342-8964 FAX
 
Dear Lord, this cannot possibly turn out well.

Real tasteful, H-S Precision. That's just classy.
 
Holy Moly!

Normally I'm not one to rush to judgment on anything. But Good God!


H-S Precision was one of 5 rifle manufacturers competing in an "off-the-shelf," million dollar plus contract to replace all the aging sniper rifles within the FBI. As the Program Manager and COTR for this project, I was responsible for the testing, evaluation, selection, distribution, transition and all other tasks involved with the selection. After months of testing and evaluation, the rifle that came out on top was the H-S Precision PS-2000 HTR.

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As for the rifle itself? There is no other "off-the-shelf" rifle that is better than the H-S Precision PS-2000 HTR. [sarcasm] In fact, if I had been using the PS-2000 HTR I would not have shot Vicki Weaver while holding her infant in Idaho. This rifle is that good. [sarcasm off]
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How on earth any person in the long range precision shooting community wouldn't see the name Lon Horiuchi and immediately associate it with either murder or incompetence is beyond me.


Wow. Who in that marketing department approved this one? I've heard the PR guys say, "any PR is good PR" before, but I don't think they had this in mind.

Kind of like having OJ Simpson endorsing your golf gloves or steak knives, isn't it?
 
Just sent this to H-S Precision

Hello -

It has recently come to my attention via a post on popular firearms messageboard The High Road dot Com that your company has hired ex-FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi as your spokesman.

Forgive me for being so blunt, but - for your company's sake, I hope that this is some sort of sick joke. Lon Horiuchi is a murderer, and I refuse to do business with companies that employ murderers to sell their products.

Your marketing staff may not be familiar with Ruby Ridge and Waco, but let me assure you, your customer base is. Any man who would shoot an unarmed woman holding a child in the back should not be allowed to continue living his life outside the four walls of a prison cell, let alone shilling for a firearms manufacturer.

In closing, I would like to let you know that I will be posting this information on multiple firearms message boards, both local and national, as well as informing my personal friends and family and members of my local shooting club. Until you fire the murderer Lon Horiuchi and issue an apology for the callous and thoughtless mistake you've made, H-S Precision will not get a dime of my money.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you may have -

Thank you for your time,
(my name here)
Columbia, Maryland
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I'm very interested to see if they reply, and if they do, what they have to say. Will definitely update when/if they write back.
 
How on earth any person in the long range precision shooting community wouldn't see the name Lon Horiuchi and immediately associate it with either murder or incompetence is beyond me.


depends on what community in one the school of thought he followed the rules of engagement his bosses laid out. they tried to cover up and got letters of reprimand then promoted.
 
Their e-mail address is: [email protected]

Write and tell them what you think about them having a MURDERER endorsing their products. Regardless of what you think of Randy Weaver, Horiuchi murdered Vicky Weaver, plain and simple. Then Butch Reno and Bill Clinton declined to indict the thug.

I did, and I told them that all of my new rifles will have McMillan stocks and Krieger or Lilja barrels on them.

I guess you gotta suck up in order to get the FBI gravy... er, contract. Perhaps this is another case of a company that figures since they've got the big government contract now, they don't have to worry about us little people.

Now I guess I need to contact Remington and tell them that as long as they use HS Precision stocks on (some of) their rifles, I am boycotting them and will urge everyone I know to do the same.

Vote with your dollars, people, and tell HS Precision about it!
 
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In related news, David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz has signed a lucrative endorsement deal with Charter Arms, while DC gunman John Muhammed will represent Bushmaster. In a move some have compared to car company commercials featuring dead performers, gunmakers Mauser and Remington are set to introduce commercials for their products featuring deceased SS officer Aamon "Schindler's List" Goethe and the deceased assassin of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Byron de la Beckwith respectively. Through the miracle of CGI, the two will be seen shooting concentration camp inmates and Medgar Evers with the companys' current products. Gun makers Anschutz and Weatherby are said to be in a bidding war for the likeness of James Earl Ray, assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
depends on what community in one the school of thought he followed the rules of engagement his bosses laid out. they tried to cover up and got letters of reprimand then promoted.
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I believe I knew him in Korea. If so, I can easily believe that he INTENTIONALLY shot a woman holding a baby and LIKED it.
 
Udate

Just got off the phone w/ the company they refused to confirm or deny, then I was placed on hold and then hung up on

Set Phasers on "Zumbo"
 
I don't believe it. No one can possibly that stupid.


Wouldn't it just really suck if no one in marketing knew who he was, and then no one in the company decided to proofread the advertisement before it went to press.

Wow. Well, America got to read it, and our proofreading is expensive.
 
And here I was hoping to never see that name in the news again, outside of the obits anyway. Unbelievable.
 
My email just sent to H-S Precision:

Dear Sirs:

I'm sure I'm not the first or even in the first 5,000 to say this to you, but what in the world were you thinking? It simply boggles the mind to even imagine that you'd even consider an endorsement from Lon Horiuchi. In terms of sheer bad taste and suicidal marketing, this move by you could only be rivaled by a David Berkowitz endorsement of Charter Arms revolvers or a "nostalgia" campaign for Mauser rifles featuring the likeness of SS officer Aamon "Schindler's List" Goethe.

I'm rarely at a loss for words, but I find myself in that position now. I am an enthusiastic advocate of Savage firearms. According to their website, they purchase your products. I will shortly be emailing them as well, strongly encouraging them to cease purchases of your rifle stocks, in favor of others who do not hold up killers of women holding infants as people to be admired.
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Kinda like they don't give a crap because they are selling all their stuff to the government. They must see a hell of a market now that BHO has hired all the old Clintonistas to run the government.

jj
 
Gun owners have the memory of a crack baby. Anyone remember the S&W flap? How about Bill Ruger being THE AUTHOR OF THE LAST AWB?

Sadly gun owners really don't care about the big picture, just themselves. Look at our last election.:(:(:(
 
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