Democratic Mayors to boycott pro 2A gun manufacturers

[garand1945]

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/dem-mayors-to-grade-gun-makers-on-safety-goals-86437.html?hp=l1

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/gun-ban-no-obstacle-to-taurus-bid-for-freedom-corporate-brazil.html

With a contract for M4 carbines for the Army, and a out of country buyer for Freedom group, what do you want to bet that the administration will put serious pressure on whoever the potential buyer is to agree to certain "concession" to comply with Obama's agenda.

[SwissFluCase]

They tried this the last time around. Smith & Wesson took the bait and got clobbered. I expect this will go nowhere.

Regards,


SwissFluCase

[ZombieTactics]

I think it's high time that various manufacturers begin informing these mayors that they will not do business with them. There are 80 million gun owners in the USA, and 5+ million NRA members. There are no more than 1 million law enforcement officers in the whole country. There are about 6k police in Chicago, maybe 35k in the NYPD ... not really very many if you add up all the anti-2A cities together.

Make up your mind which market you want to keep, or we'll make up our minds for you.

[Kopis]

I think it's high time that various manufacturers begin informing these mayors that they will not do business with them.

And allow each of their police departments to show up to back robberies with nothing but harsh language? That would completely irresponsible of the mayors, how could they......oh I see what you did there.

[garand1945]

And allow each of their police departments to show up to back robberies with nothing but harsh language?

See, their tactic is working already. Not a criticism, this is how they want it to work, to pit us agains each other.

[Kopis]

See, their tactic is working already. Not a criticism, this is how they want it to work, to pit us agains each other.

Sorry I was going for a joke. I'll have to edit that.

[ZombieTactics]

And allow each of their police departments to show up to back robberies with nothing but harsh language?

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

You don't make a statement to the effect of "we won't sell to your city because we don't like your politics". You simply say "this city makes it too difficult to do business with them, and asks us to violate the civil rights of millions of law-abiding Americans". This is no more divisive or anti-LEO than the Sheriffs who've sent letters to the VP expressing their intention to not enforce anti-constitutional laws, or the states threatening federal LE with arrest or imprisonment.

[RRangel]

Democrat mayors can shove it. Because they apparently don't really give a damn about the public. What they're saying is that citizens should be left high and dry when their very lives depend on it. They hold no moral high ground whatsoever.

[G-Man WC]

Would love to see a list of unfriendly 2A business to boycott.
-g

[jamesob]

If mfg's weren't to worried about the almighty dollar they should boycott them. In fact I would like to see all gun mfg and ammo mfg be the ones boycotting. More guns and ammo for the private sector.

[taiwon]

how about all gun companies refuse to sell guns to those mayors's cities. we'll see how quickly they shut up

[IVC]

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.

If more gun manufacturers did the same with respect to handguns used by LEO-s, it would be a very interesting battle. It would be enough just for the few major manufacturers to get together and decide to boycott back those mayors to create a very unpleasant situation.

[uhlan1]

They tried this the last time around. Smith & Wesson took the bait and got clobbered. I expect this will go nowhere.

Regards,


SwissFluCase

This is true, they were indeed "clobbered" and the industry isn't going to forget that. Also, in the past, S&W and Glock vied heavily for the LE market because citizens tended to buy what the police carried. I believe the firearms community has become much more refined since 1994 and this doesn't play as critical a role.
This doesn't mean I consider them allies either. More than likely, they will continue sitting on the fence trying not to anger either side. Having their cake and eating it too.

[the donald]

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.

If more gun manufacturers did the same with respect to handguns used by LEO-s, it would be a very interesting battle. It would be enough just for the few major manufacturers to get together and decide to boycott back those mayors to create a very unpleasant situation.

but wouldn't they then be charged with collusion or some other crime?

[Schlyme]

I'd like to see Shops and Mfg's sell only on roster HG's to LOE's in CA. If it's not good enough for us, then it's not good enough for them! Nothing against the LEO's themselves, but it would make a statement to their bosses!