Some people believe that these people are thanked by what they find in their paychecks, and the acclaim and thanks that they receive from their
own community whom they serve. I'm one of those.
Now: If you give discounts to people on $1000+ items because they are simply police academy cadets, or judges, or retired cops, what you are really saying is that your prices
to everyone else is too high, because simple finances says that one group needs to subsiduze the other. Think of it as a tax to "me" for a deal given to someone else, who really has done nothing to deserve it. Firefighters need suppressors? EMT's?
Retired judges?
I'm missing something: Is the color of their money somehow different than mine?
Give me a break.
I'll patronize firms that have one fair price for all who desire to hand over their hundreds. Think of it as color-blind business.
What the companies recited by Irishpride07 charge for *actual military and LEO contract sales* is irrelevent. Those large contracts are ones of large volume, negotiated prices, and actual value to the taxpayers. The opposite is lowering prices to a "chosen few" and making it up by charging the "average guy" more. Ond discount serves us (the taxpayer) and the other screws us (we get to subsidize other *civilians* discounts for their *toys*).
Yup... that's what it means.
When cops and other members of the blue-light-club get a discount, it means that the rest of us make it up. It's hidden tax on not being among the elect. Free pizza? Free donuts? Free coffee? That's all a tax on ME when I buy my own. This is just more of the same stuff. I pay my direct taxes for my cops, and I donate lots to my local FD and EMT's, and that's enough tax "thanks just the same" for what these people provide to me as a service. I'm not doing business with a firm that wants me to further subsidize their toys, which is what we are talking about. An EMT or fireman needs a suppressor abut as much as I do, which is a nice way of saying "not at all". These are toys at this level, not tools.
So:
Liking what I see from AAC. They will be getting a check for nearly $3K that yesterday would have gone to Silencerco. Thanks Irishpride07 for losing them the business. Your social media work for them rocks!
"I'm sure your neighbor has done a little more than drink beer and ride on the fire engines in parades. Maybe if you joined your volunteer company and sacrificed some of your time and health, silencerco would be willing to give you a "thank you" for your effort."
Nope. He doesn't. I did, however, toss more than $5K last year towards my local VFD and volunteer ambulance squad. I *choose* to donate to worthy causes, however I *choose* not to participate in a two-tier system of pricing where some animals are more equal than others. Noting, also, that I actually spend six months a year in the desert wearing khaki, am in it now, and that this leaves precious little time to polish fire trucks in order to earn my subsidized discount on my toys. I'll just accept the thanks I find in my paycheck and spend it where I choose.
"With all due respect does this mean you won't be buying any more firearms? Glock, Smith-Wesson, Ruger, Sig, Walther, HK, FNH, Remington, Beretta, hell even smaller companies like Spikes Tactical and Del-Ton have these LE/Military/First Resonder Programs?"
The last
new firearm I bought was a new build FG-42. The last new firearm I bought before that was 20+ years ago... just sayin'.
<sigh>...
Willie
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