Goodnight, Smith and Wesson. Sleep well.

[viper]

It is, quite simply, too late for Smith and Wesson. They're dead to everybody. I don't
believe Colclough(the new President over there) replacing Schultz, will save them.
What we are seeing is a desperate and obvious attempt at damage control. Actually, let me correct myself. What we are seeing is a literal fight for survival. The only
problem here is that the zebra is already dead, and the lions are already feeding on the carcass--and going for seconds.

Ed Schultz O.J.'d his own company and dessimated any chance for survival by
underestimating the resolve of his customer base (surprise of surprises, the gun buying
public) to stand up for what they believe in and fight for the Second Ammendment.

Whether Smith and Wesson actually philosophically supports gun control or was simply capitulating to the gun control movement and the Clinton administration isn't really of consequence. What is of consequence is that they abandoned their customers and the Second Amendment, and they did it primarily out of self-interest.

If I were Murray Inc., I wouldn't trust Mr. Schultz with a potato gun. The man is just to
damn stupid to be in charge of anything larger than a photomat.

You have to be a special kind of stupid to do what he did. I don't even know what made
him think the rest of the gun industry, let alone his customers, would allow his company
to take the lead in that unholy movement.

He must be spending too much time with Marion Barry. Smith and Wesson has had a long, successful run, but their time is over now.

Sleep well, Smith and Wesson. Sleep well.

 

[Tshoes]

Viper, the real reason for the S & W fiasco, is it's a Brit owned entity.
The fact that cities and the fed's were contemplating filing dozens of lawsuits against them, caused the parent company stock value to drop by around 60% or more.
The parent company, I believe, is Tompkins Group?/(sp)..........
They gave S & W an ultimatum........so the real culprit is the $$$bottom line, and having a firm owned by the Brit's in the first place.........
No matter, the chickens are out of the pen now.................

 

[AmericanFreeBird]

I don't know all of the who's and why's S&W did what they did but I was a potential customer of theirs this summer. I was looking for a small revolver (.357) to carry. S&W's are (or were) the best as far as I'm concerned. I bought a ruger, sp101, darned nice lil' piece, S&W YOU LOSE, you pack of traitors.

Sleep well.

 

[viper]

Tshos,

That's right, they were bought by the British weren't they? I had forgotten.

Does anyone else see a problem with a U.S. arms manufacturer being in foreign hands--friendly nation or not? In some don't know this, countries like England and France don't exactly share our appreciation of the concept of private firearms ownership.
Therefore, I find the fact that one of our largest gun companies being in the hands of the British to be a wee bit of a national security issue, and a rather serious threat to the freedom of the American people. Just think if all of our gun companies were in foreign hands. This could not only undermine our ability to wage war, but could seriously speed up the disarming of the American people. To replace American firearms executives who have a strong sense of freedom and a desire to maintain the American way of life with guys who grew up with socialism and who really aren't bothered in the least by the abridgement of our freedoms, is really, really dangerous. That is a BIG problem.

I think it's actually a matter for Congress.

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Let's just hope we don't get Gore'd in November.
I don't know about everyone else, but I'd much
rather get some Bush.

 

[ether]

Isn't it funny though how some our most vehemently anti-agreement arms manufacturers are also foreign owned? Take Beretta, for instance. They told Klinton to shove his agreement up his butt and set fire to it. I truly think that if things get worse before they get better, Beretta will be the last man standing.