Boston, Smith & Wesson Settle Suit

Ditto to the S&W must die posts. They are begging for it. IMNSHO We should do all we can to make an example of them.
 
I think Henry P. may have hit on something. The S&W agreement smelled from the very beginning. One of my favorite parts that no one has mentioned is the section that deals with shipping. There have been standards for the strength of cardboard boxes for decades now. Measuring the strength of a box has become a science. So what does the S&W agreement say? All firearms will be shipped in "very strong boxes," or something feble-minded like that. Come on, as Slick Willie has shown us, "it all depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." All that it would take to violate this agreement is for you to ship a gun in a box that I didn't think was strong enough, and since there is no standard, who's to say. Well, combine the general smell of the agreement with a statement that the ex-pres. of S&W made on a tv documentary about not caring what the company made because his responsibility was to the shareholders. If you're looking to retool your entire firm and don't have the money to do it, what can you do? What can you do? Anybody remember Chrysler from a few years back? How about leading your company to the edge of collapse and then getting a huge government hand out to start over again? If S&W does everything the government asks and then still can't make money, doesn't it only seem fair that the government step in to help out? I really think that was the plan all along, I just couldn't see it until now. Anybody else? Regards Steve
 
I have from the beginning thought that the boycott of Smith and Wesson was only playing into the arms of the anti gun crowd.I agreed with the support American Handgunner was giving them. I thought my local dealer was over-reacting in his efforts to sell off all S&Ws and not restock. That is until this recent settlement...May they ROT :mad: I will burn my S&W apparel tomorrow and NEVER buy another one, even pre-agreement. They just don't seem to get it. I know several of their employees since I'm an armorer and PD firearms instructor. They need to speak out against this insanity NOW. All I know are good people, but good people need to speak up on occasion. That occasion has long passed.
I guess they can go to work at Ruger or Glock when S&W folds. Or maybe they will be happy making police bicycles and golf clubs. They sure as h**l won't be making any guns.
 
Anyone care to help me write up a quick summary of these agreements, with a strong emphasis on how it will affect local dealers, that I can then pass out to the local dealers?

I'd like to be able to walk into a few stores here in Reno that still carry S&W and hand them a nice little sheet that would explain just how bad for their business these "agreements" are.

And by the way, we should boycott those dealers who are still planning on stocking Sellout&Weasel.
 
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