Masterblaster wrote:
Mr. Spreadfirearms,
you dont have a dog in this fight do ya????
Not really, I never did. but it really doesn't matter what i think because most of you guys already have your opinion formed as i have already formed mine.
there doesn't need to be SWAT teams, there doesn't need to be a war on drugs, there is no need for no-knock warrants, etc. that is beat to death. many people on here have a strong anti-LE sentiment. me justifying it will do nothing. and by the way, i am not glued to my internet 24/7. i have to sleep and attend to other things in my life. i am not glued to THR.
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if SWAT teams went away, guess what, alot of departments still have a need for weapons. in fact, many of them had automatic weapons before they had SWAT teams. this is evidenced by the fact that many had automatic weapons that are civilian "transferable," meaning, they were made domestically and registered prior to May 1986. however, they haven't had a SWAT team until the mid 90's. that means they still have a need for firearms, regardless of if they have a SWAT team or not.
as i have specified before, i make more money on non-LE sales than i do LE sales. that is a simple fact. go ask every FFL out there and they'll tell you the same. LE sales are competitive and almost always go to the lowest bidder. they have their own armorers to service the weapons so you'll probably never get any "service after the sale" income. and, many manufactuers now have their own direct sales agents that compete with you, so really, LE sales aren't a big chunk of my income.
now, if you are claiming that i am pro-LE, guess what, you're right. there's nothing to hide there. if you are saying that because i am pro-LE i am blind to all of the facts, then that is where you're wrong. i've said that if the search warrant affidavit was written with illegal intent, meaning, if they fabricated the evidence, then of course the agent who wrote the affidavit (who knowingly fabricated the evidence) should be held responsible. the other cops who simply served the warrant, who had no idea that the affidavit had fabricated evidence, and then got shot at, are not to blame in the Atlanta PD incident.
the problem is, most of the people screaming about how the cops "murdered" an old lady in the Atlanta incident are making opinions without all of the facts. as the facts come in, yes, i change my opinion as i get them.
the problem is, the anti-LE people on this thread are basing their opinion largely on the fact that the old lady was defending herself from a perceived home invasion robbery and that she didn't know it was the police.
news stories have shown the officers wore "POLICE" raid jackets with "POLICE" written on the front and the back, announced themselves, and had a marked police car in the front driveway. that evidence is currently undisputed.
further, there is no evidence to support what the old lady thought was going on. i have asked for evidence of this time and time again and nobody here has been able to give any direct proof.
the problem is, you guys are making serious allegations without proof. you are further attempting to make this a personal beef rather than sticking to the issue. your issue is not with me. i didn't go with Atlanta PD to serve the warrant. i didn't go shoot at the lady. yet you seem to have think that because i happen to sell guns to law enforcement then i somehow feel compelled to blindly support LE. that simply isn't the case. i am pro law enforcement, yes. that doesn't mean i blindly support everything they do. but i do think that the officers who didn't know any of this evidence may have been fabricated are to blame.
discussing the issues is one thing, making personal attacks is quite another. again, this is another example of making an allegation without proof. there is no proof that my personal opinion of this Atlanta PD incident was swayed by the fact that happen to sell guns to cops and non-cops alike. if you would like perhaps you can come to Austin and take a look at my business records and see how many sales of mine have been from law enforcement? just tell me when you'll come by and ill have my records ready for your inspection.
go talk to anyone who's met me in Austin and you'll probably hear im a stand up guy.
DISCLAIMER: I have also never done a police sale to anyone in law enforcement at Atlanta PD.