Clinton's Gun Deals

[Waitone]

Colt caves and gets a gov't contract. S&W gives up and HUD makes nice. Now I hear Baretta is negotiating with the terrorist-lawyers. Note Baretta is the manufacturer of the US military's side arm.

If the gun manufacturing business is so exposed from a liability standpoint, how come it is the only companies to roll over are the ones which have some kind of business relationship with government.

I can only come to the conclusion the gun confiscators have a weak position and must be happy with what they can get.

I don't know what your experience is but every time a "deal" is announced, gun stores fill up.

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Waitone of Charlotte

 

[loknload]

It's calles Legalized Blackmail and Extortion
brought to you by our very own Government

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We preserve our freedoms by using four boxes: soap,ballot,jury, and cartridge.
Anonymous

 

[sbryce]

NO!!!!! Not Beretta!!! I thought for sure that they would hold out!

I'm crushed!

Aren't contracts signed under duress null and void? Can the gun manufacturers use this argument in court. Can they even afford to take this matter to court?

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[Ariloulaleelay]

I haven't heard about Berreta, but another manufacturer is following along the exact same lines as S&W:

http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/03/20/glock.settle/index.html


grrrrr..... Glock, S&W, Berreta... who's next? Davis? Norinco?

 

[Ariloulaleelay]

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[Coinneach]

Folks, has anyone seen anything official from Beretta or Taurus (as noted in another thread)?

Given Beretta's shove-yer-gun-control-up-yer-arse position in the past, I'd be very surprised to see them cave now.

 

[David Roberson]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Coinneach:
Folks, has anyone seen anything official from Beretta or Taurus (as noted in another thread)?[/quote]

I don't know about Beretta, but a story in today's Wall Street Journal reported that Glock and Taurus are about to go over to the Dark Side of the Force.