Well, I went and confronted my mayor at one of our bi-weekly, televised City Council meetings last year when I found out that this clueless idiot had signed the agreement. I put him on the spot and he actually said that he thought the 'agreement' was merely about 'child safety'. Sheez.
I've had a long time to think about this. I haven't purchased any S&W products during that time. I've also advised others not to, either.
Like I said, I've had a long time to think. True, former CEO Shultz signed the agreement. It was a despicable thing to do. I'm still angry. I'm angry at his actions. I can't forgive him
For whatever reason, he signed it. He's gone. Thompkins is gone, but the problems remain.
S&W is still shelling out a lot of money defending itself against frivilous lawsuits from various municipalities, yet we continue to sit back, ignore these lawsuits, and allow our cities to continue on this path. S&W and the other manufactures have to pay, whether they win or lose.
We allow our cities to use our money to attack legitimate businesses due to the direction of our previous lying, disbarred, dishonest president. Due to a definite cutback in our buying habits, S&W has also laid off a lot of its workforce. These people are American gun manufacturing workers. They're also our neighbors, friends, and fellow pro-gun people.
I don't know what it would take for their new owners to 'apologize' or attempt to get the agreement nullified. I' don't know this. I'm not a lawyer. I do know, however, that this agreement isn't one that is going to be enforced. I also know that I like seeing Americans making fine handguns, and I don't like to see them out of work.
S&W is an innovative company that manufactures some of the best handguns around. Their wheelguns are great, and I don't want to lose this part of Americana. I want this company in existance for my kids and grandkids. I don't want to see them squashed out of existance because cities are suing them on one hand(which we ignore and allow), and we're not purchasing with the other.
There. My opinions are worth what you paid for them. This is what I think, and I've been thinking about this a lot. I've admitted that I was adamantly opposed to purchasing in the past, but I'm not, anymore. I will be purchasing a new S&W product in the near future.
Go ahead. Start typing. Tell me how I'm now part of the problem, too. Maybe somehow I'm no longer 'pro-gun' enough. My flame suit is on.
straightShot