Democratic Mayors to boycott pro 2A gun manufacturers

[Damn True]

This set's up an interesting opportunity for market analysis.

For company "X" let's call it Glock....how many firearms do they sell to Police agencies in the US vs how many do they sell to the public? The subsequent point of analysis is at what margin?

Once the analysis is done the company has to ask itself which market segment would they prefer to have pi$$ed off at them?

[SilverTauron]

I see what they're trying to do . It won't work this time either.

Put simply, these mayors have nothing to offer. LE contracts? Please. Plenty of LEOs in the United States need good guns too, and they'll pay top dollar no matter what the current jumped up Mayoral thug of the week says. If the communist politburos of Chicago, NYC, and other Soviet districts boycotted the gun industry they'd only be slitting their own throats.

As far as civil sales goes, I know i'd pay a little extra as a customer to the gun maker who publicly tells these clowns to f--k off. Anyone else here agree?

[Smokeybehr]

Barret won't service *any* 50 BMG rifles in CA, including the LEO-s. Granted, these are specialty rifles that don't go on patrols in cruisers.

No, Barrett won't service any *agency-owned* Barrett rifles from California. He'll service any privately owned Barrett rifles until the lifetime warranty runs out.

[Kid Stanislaus]

I don't believe I said anything about confiscating weapons from LEO. Frankly I think the VAST majority of LEO are on our side.

Would you care to make an estimation of just how many of those 35K NYPD officers are "on our side"?

[Kid Stanislaus]

Please don't call them "clips." There are such things as clips, but they are either used for holding paper together, or for top-loading some older military rifles. In this forum, it's a very, very dirty word...

And one thing we can't tolerate here is "dirty words".

[1st2fight]

Democratic??? what a oxymoron...

saw a report last week about municipals running low on ammo since everyone else is stock piling...

so if these commies stop buying guns and ammo, there should be more for the rest of us... ;-)

[Colonel Monk]

Gun Manufacturers Should...

...boycott the government.

They should stop selling arms to the feds until a definitive ruling on the 2nd A is made that supports our right to bear arms without arbitrary restrictions.

Why on earth should these manufacturers be pressured TO DO ANYTHING, especially in absence of any new federal rulings on the subject.

Go to Hell democratic mayors, try worrying about some local problems that actually matter.

[SilverTauron]

...boycott the government.

They should stop selling arms to the feds until a definitive ruling on the 2nd A is made that supports our right to bear arms without arbitrary restrictions.

Why on earth should these manufacturers be pressured TO DO ANYTHING, especially in absence of any new federal rulings on the subject.

Go to Hell democratic mayors, try worrying about some local problems that actually matter.

The problem is that there's enough gun dealers in the world to make any attempt to blackmail local governments for naught.

At the end of the day, businesses exist to make a profit, not to make political points. Beretta, Sig, and Glock all make large amounts of money on US Government contracts. For them, the calculus becomes one of whether they want to offend the US Government or offend us ordinary civiies.

Since our ability to buy and own guns is legislated by the US Government-and the US Government will always need new hardware-I wouldn't expect many gun companies to follow that blueprint.

Sure, some of the ones which rely primarily on civil sales like Ruger and Taurus will step up, but you're on some good blow if you think Beretta & Glock are going to protest against the US Govt. If push comes to shove, us ordinary Joes are expendable. We just cant compare against Uncle Sam's contractual ability to buy arms en masse, so the Feds have a bigger vote then we do at the Board of Directors for most gun firms.

[strlen]

A modest proposal ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal ): let's boycot all toilet plunger manufacturers who continue selling to NYPD.

[Colonel Monk]

I said *should* not would.

Of course you're right, and as Beretta and Glock are not US companies I would not expect them to do a damn thing.

As for American Firearms manufacturers, they really should support our side of the fight for our rights. They could start by coming out in support on their websites.

While I'm sure that fat gov't contracts are great, I think you're off the mark discounting the buying power of citizens.

We just cleaned out every gun shop, distributor, and warehouse across America in a month. That's no small feat.

[IVC]

No, Barrett won't service any *agency-owned* Barrett rifles from California. He'll service any privately owned Barrett rifles until the lifetime warranty runs out.

Thanks - my post came out incorrectly, what I wanted to say is what you stated.