Why YOU should BOYCOTT ARMALITE

[bonusweb]

Its called voting with your wallet. If most of us are firm they will notice and change their ways. leos can complain to their leaders or vote with their feet and work for an honest state government. They took an oath and if they break that oath they are obligated to turn in their badges. "Just folowing orders" is no excuse, didn't work a Nuremburg trials it certainly will not work now.


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[todd2968]

The point is here are the businesses to support


Those companies include:

LaRue Tactical
Olympic Arms
Extreme Firepower Inc, LLC
Templar Custom
York Arms
Cheaper than Dirt
Midway USA


Well, reports have been coming in about additional companies who are joining the bandwagon against government and law enforcement sales in states that have chosen to deny their residents their Constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms.

Barrett
Ace Limited
Doublestar
J & T Distributing
J & G Sales
Spike’s Tactical
Bullwater Enterprises
Westfork Armory
Smith Enterprise
Alex Arms
Quality Arms
Liberty Suppressors
American Spirit Arms
Trident Armory
Head Down Products
Bravo Company USA

[Bobby Hated]

If I boycotted every gun maker and gun store that I see people calling for a boycott for I'd be reduced to whittling sharp sticks and making rubber band guns for weaponry.

[advocatusdiaboli]

however I do not begrudge Officer Joe his rifle just because I can't get mine.

[rugershooter]

Where I disagree with them is that I don't feel that ArmaLite is making the case that LEO lives are worth more. That's just exaggeration and blowing things well out of proportion. The comment that LEO's working wooded areas may run into drug farms and the like, and deserves good hardware, is not saying that civilians don't deserve it. He deserves it the same as we deserve it. The main difference that I see is that sometimes it's a LEO job to go into a suspicious area, whereas the rest of us, knowing the first rule of self defense, should avoid a suspicious area and avoid the conflict to start with.

Do NOT misconstrue my post to say that LEO deserves anything more than we do. I'll state again that I support the companies holding LEO to the same standard as other civilians, and would like Armalite to do the same. I even support this boycott. Where I disagree is the inflammatory and insulting attitudes against Armalite. I have no illusion that "attitude" is going to have a direct effect on Armalite, as a boycott is a boycott. The difference is when this is all over, a lot of people will still boycott the company, holding onto an ire that overblown.

My biggest problem with this is the mob mentality. The company hasn't joined in with the mob and so is ostracized. And what of valuing independent thinking? Until such time that Armalite actively endorses legislation that infringes on our rights, then we I think are overreacting. Arming law enforcement does not mean arming the disarmament movement. LEO's have other jobs as well.

And to reiterate - I do NOT think law enforcement deserves modern firearms more than any of us; however I do not begrudge Officer Joe his rifle just because I can't get mine. That anger is directed higher up.

It's not begrudging anybody anything. It's asking them to abide by the same laws I abide by. If one has the view that "the law is the law" and the "commoners" should be subject to them, yet that same person says the police should be exempt is implying that the lives of the police are somehow more valuable than the lives of others. They may not admit that and may even deny it. But that's the bottom line. If I have to obey the law and can't do certain things, then the police - who are public servants shouldn't be able to do those things either. If the authority of government comes from the consent of the governed, the government doesn't have the authority to do anything the People can't do....after all, the government does it on our behalf. Nobody forced them to take the job, they knew the risks when they joined. All this does is create an "us vs. them" attitude between the police and other people. If the cop's lives are not more valuable than mine, why should they be able to have weapons I can't have? As a "non-cop" I'm not qualified or valuable enough to be afforded the protection of certain types of firearms. But the police "need" those firearms that I can't have, and the justification is that the types of firearms I'm legally restricted to aren't good enough for them. Which implies that their lives are more valuable than that of others who aren't cops and don't intentionally go into situations that the police go into.

[tanner127]

I purchased a bunch of items from Armalite before this whole "gun craze" hit. I still believe they have excellent products, but after seeing their lack of 2A support I will not be buying from them again anytime soon, unless of course they change their position on the topic. I will gladly spend my money with companies that support my 2A rights.

[k1dude]

I just purchased a DPMS patterned 308 lower instead of the Armalite AR-10 lower I was considering before hearing of their stance. They've already lost business with me. Now I will be building it up with all DPMS components instead of Armalite components.

[mabilis_matulis]

I don't buy any armalite products but that respond letter from armalite doesn't seem right or professionally done..

[gwgn02]

buh bye Armalite...pussi es.

[tonelar]

Armalite isn't even the same company that came out with the first ARs... The current owners purchased it years ago.

[.22guy]

well if you do decide to care about your rights and want to buy from sources that unequivocally support your 2A rights here's a list of the companies that wont sell to LEO's in gun control states:

I DO care about my rights, thank you very much.

I just get tired of seeing half a dozen "boycott" threads on Calguns every time I'm on. Sometimes they are legit and sometimes not.

Thanks for the list.

PS You really should take Cheaper than Dirt off that list.

[Simply115]

Lel, CTD now supports our rights? That's the best joke I've heard all day.

[elsolo]

For those of you who act serious about this avenue of protest, shouldn't it be:

"Boycott ALL manufacturers except the few tiny boutique ones on the list above"

Or would that be too inconvenient?

What about ammo manufacturers?
Are any on the list?
Should we all stop shooting because Winchester, Speer, etc sell to LEA's?
What primer manufacturer has joined this list?

[hermosabeach]

Shoild we be boycotting anti gun corporations?
Entities that support the gun ban groups?

Boycotting Colt for failing to cease selling to LEO seems... Like we are on the wrong path....

If Glock stopped selling to LEO, a void would be created....

In the real world, the void would be filled by another supplier

I get why people boycotted Colt after the 1994 AWB. Colt stopped making rifles for the public and really cut back on modern hand guns to the public for years.

Same with Ruger- the original owner supported the AWB and the ban on public sales of mags over 10 rounds.

Fortunately Ruger changed management and went back to he pro 2A side of the fence

[bonusweb]

Here is updated list. http://theintelhub.com/2013/02/25/gu...700-in-1-week/

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