Who wants to buy S & W

Ooookay, well then, I ain't! Wait, are you talking about buying the corp. or A S&W firearm? I think I misunderstood your ?.

[This message has been edited by Darthmaum (edited May 26, 2000).]
 
No "we" the gun owners , some have even said the NRA but at any rate I think 8 or 9 million will do it . Thats not much really, need a few investers.Then tell you know who to you know what!
 
You would be nuts to buy a company that's facing those sorts of lawsuits (gun company).

Let alone S&W, which still has the boycott hanging over its head, AND that stoopid agreement.

Their value is negative.

Battler.
 
Look, if we could get 8 or 9 million gun owners to do anything, we would never have any problems. As it is we can't mobilize 10,000 in any productive direct action.
 
I've brought up this idea before. I wish it would get off the ground.

S&W's revolvers are still the best out-of-the-box wheelguns that the common man can afford to buy. The boycot against them is a POLICY thing, not a PRODUCT thing. We aren't against them because of what they make, but how they market it. If new ownership took over and rescinded that arrangment, then would we return to buying their firearms? I, for one, most certainly would.

There actually may be some good at the end of this whole situation. S&W's market value is going down, and will continue to do so. That will make it more affordable in the not-too-distant future should enough of us come together to attempt to purchase and rescue this American firearms icon.
 
I agree with Bob Locke.

Perhaps the best outcome would be the bankruptcy of Smith & Wesson, followed by the sale of assets, most importantly intellectual property (designs and brand names) to another company, which would then resume production.

I believe that is what the relationship is between Winchester and USRAC.

Would any of our TFL lawyers care to offer an opinion as to how the S&W capitulation would affect the purchasing company?
 
Bob, This is very similar to something that I posted when the deal was first announced and everybody was screaming "BOYCOTT" now that things have calmed down a little bit, here's how it could work (I was going to post a link to the original post, but I can't find it) ...

You form two corporations -- XXX & YYY. The first corporation (XXX) buys S&W. So far, the agreement is still in effect. Then XXX sells, not the corporation itself but all of the patents, buildings, machines, etc. to YYY. Now you have S&W not owning any assets and not capable of making any guns.

YYY starts making guns again as they are under no agreement. The agreement is with S&W and XXX who owns them -- not YYY.

I can't say that I'm fond of their revolvers but I really like their pistols (except their Sigma line). It just goes to show that there's something about S&W that everybody likes except for their policy.

Share what you know, learn what you don't -- FUD
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Yes, the best outcome would be the bankruptcy of S$W. Schumer said he would bankrupt any gun maker that didn't do things his way.

We'll show them that we'll bankrupt any gun maker that doesn't do it our way.



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