<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
"Smith & Wesson acknowledges this decision will not be popular with everyone. The company noted that there will always be those with no knowledge of the circumstances and no stake in the future of the company. These individuals are not spending millions on lawsuits or seeing their ability to stay in business seriously threatened. Others are willing to sacrifice our company, our employees and our customers for their principles. We will not allow this to happen when we can make choices to prevent it. Smith & Wesson has provided security and safety to the world for a century and a half and we are not abandoning our goals or our obligations."
The last paragraph of your statement makes me sick. Apparently, you haven't noticed all of the people who have supported your company over the last century and a half. We ARE - or should I say WERE - spending millions on lawsuits - by buying YOUR product.
I find this statement insulting, especially when coming from a well-respected firearms manufacturer such as yours.
In addition, "Principles" are what this country were built upon. If you throw principles out the window, what else do we have? You have left the door wide open for a slew of anti-gun legislation and lawsuits. You have compromised with our rights just to save money.
I now find Smith & Wesson - makers of the finest revolvers in the world - repulsive and self-centered, and I cannot, in good conscience, support your beliefs.
Our rights as U.S. Citizens are more than a simple business decision. In my opinion, you will come to realize that, if implemented and followed, your compromise will create more damage to the Second Amendment than all other gun control actions combined.
J.D. Lawhon
Richardson, Texas
------------------
http://www.geocities.com/shootinbulldawg
[/quote]
------------------
Bulldawg: NRA, GOA, TSRA, Shiner Bock Connoisseur.
Bulldawg's Firearms Page