Ruger's ugly embossed barrel warning WHY?

My Super Blackhawk doesn't have the safety/manual warning. But on top of the barrel it says, "MADE IN THE 200th YEAR OF AMERICAN LIBERTY." I'm sure most here can guess what year it was made. (If you can't, then you probably failed American History.)
 
There are two types of gun owners. "Paranoid", and "everything is Hunky Dori" let's all just smile and wave:). Yes, I'm of the former, but I can't help it when I see a pattern develop. Throwing our discernment under the bus and ignoring the obvious is not in my play book.
I've always been one to speak my mind. So, here ya go.....

I hate the billboard with an unbridled passion. When I gaze upon its ugliness it renders to me a foreshadow of the path this countries taking against our 2nd Amendment. This is just one domino in a series of infringements.

"It's just a warning billboard, no big deal".....
"Oh, it's just a lock, you're so paranoid"....
"Calm down, it's just a permit"....
"Patience, we only have to wait 2 weeks"....
"Yes, but we can still keep the 6" ones"....
"Quit crying, we can still keep them at the range"....

Call me a Narrow-minded, dogmatic, right-wing whack-job who clings to his Bible and guns. You bet your heineken!;):D A badge I wear with honor. :cool:
 
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The warning is there because California (for openers) requires it before the pistol can be sold here. The company has to make a decision..do we want to offend a few or do we want to exclude the largest gun market in this country? Same rule applies to the thumb activated safety and the magazine disconnect. Is there a moral to the story?.....Yes...this is what happens in a state ruled by liberal Democrats from top to bottom.
 
The warning on the barrel was placed there over 20 years ago. There were no laws on the books in California that required any such warnings back then. I'm not sure there are now.

The magazine disconnects also predate any laws in California. The Browning Hi=Power has had them for decades as well as some S&W semis. Some law enforcement agencies used to mandate them for their officers and so S&W installed them on many of their semis many years back. Nothing to do with Califas.

Thumb activated safeties have been on semis for over 100 years.

If you want to get in a shoot out with California politicos fine with me, but shoot straight at least. It's a matter of pride.

tipoc
 
More politically correct bullsheet from "big brother"

What's next..........."Placing the muzzle of this firearm to your temple and pulling the trigger may result in serious injury or death"?
 
I agree with this.
Every warning on a product or it's packaging is a result of a lawsuit against someone somewhere.
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But would have added " where the lawyers got very rich and yet another freedom was lost by the people to the Nanny State".
"Oh... you didn't read the warnings... sorry, then there's nothing we can do for you, please close the door on your way out".

Shurly the only reason that cars aren't plastered in warnings is that the manufacturers have had the bottle to say "no way, we ain't doing it, and yes we are still going to make 'em where 15 gallons of a highly volatile and very flammable liquid is carried in a thin single skin metal container, that will more than likely rupture in a collision, under the car".
I mean, there is no way that if the car was invented today that you would be allowed to do that or a multitude of other things that are in every car.

Cheers
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I object to assuming California is the largest purchaser of guns in the US. Ohio might be smaller in size, but we hold the largest number of gun fanatics, enthusiasts, and buyers in the country. Our gunshows,moderate laws, and long gun heritage keep the BATF boys nervous....so much so, they dare not mention it, and run from Ohio to keep busy on the border!:D
 
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Pismopal,

You are correct that current Calif. laws do have an effect on what gun companies do nationally. While the warning on Ruger barrels is older than current Ca. laws and was the result of a lawsuit that was brought in Alaska, the Ca. laws do require mag disconnects on new production guns coming into the state (but not 1911s or older designs even if new) and a few other objectionable things.

Ca. has led the way in figuring out how to add on more taxes and charges to buying a gun than other states. Each year gunmakers must submit a gun for "drop tests" and pay $5,000. for the privilege of selling a gun in Ca.

New York and Mass. laws gave us the fired case in the box all guns come in.

Etc.

tipoc
 
What's even more amusing is that all the warnings in the world won't keep the slick Willy lawyers from suing and even winning on occasion. E.g. why doesn't Ruger have that warning in Spanish? My poor client shot himself in the butt due to a language barrier that Ruger didn't accomodate;)
 
I've decided how to solve this problem... I'm going to look for a Security Six. That will guarantee something "pre-lawyer". :D
 
hate to break it to you but most Security Sixes have the warning as well...

I find if I just keep the sights aligned and pointed downrange the warning really isn't an issue.
 
JohnKSa said:
They were sued for around $400,000 after a minor stole one of their revolvers and accidentally shot himself with it because he didn't know how to use it safely.

He didn't know how to use it safely because he didn't have a manual because he didn't bother to steal the manual.

Now it says, right on the gun, to read the manual before you use it so it's harder for someone to claim that Ruger is at fault for their own boneheadedness.
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Someone dumb enough to do what he did wouldn't benefit from a message he had to read anyway. Not because he couldn't read, but because he would've been too lazy to bother.

It is especially depressing to see Ruger's ugly message on the barrel of the otherwise vintage looking Blackhawks and Bisleys. :(
 
Someone dumb enough to do what he did wouldn't benefit from a message he had to read anyway. Not because he couldn't read, but because he would've been too lazy to bother.
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Of course. The difference is that with the warning in place, there's now no longer any shred of a doubt that the user is fully to blame if he fails to operate the firearm in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
 
Lawyers. Bear in mind that even with the warning that a Vaquero still looks 100 times better than a Glock or XD or M&P or etc.
 
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