The Taurus lock is NOT a sellout!
To label Taurus a sellout purely over those locks is to lie. The locks themselves have by all accounts not caused any of the guns to seize up. Use of them is totally voluntary on the user's part.
The same goes for the trigger locks sold with S&Ws post-agreement. IF the agreement had been about nothing but trigger locks supplied for voluntary use with each gun as the popular media likes to claim, it would be a non-issue just like the Taurus integrated locks.
The part of the S&W agreement that's NOT voluntary is the forcing of gun control down the throats of their dealers. If it's being ignored, that's not good enough - the agreement itself sets a horrible precedent and I will absolutely never give S&W one thin dime until that deal is DEAD, officially.
Now, if Taurus is having mechanical reliability issues, that's another matter and potentially a serious complaint. If someone could point out prior discussions of same, esp. involving wheelguns, I'd appreciate it.
Jim