Smith & Wesson press release on the 2nd amendment.

[Dusty Stevens]

I agree. I was just providing some background on what people were referring to.

Thank you for doing that!!

 

[deadidarren]

So are they going to stop putting the "Hillary hole" on their revolvers?

Ok I'll bite what's that

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Smith & Wesson’s Ousted CEO Ed Shultz: 'I Don’t Regret' Gun Control Deal with Bill Clinton

Smith & Wesson’s ousted CEO Ed Shultz doesn’t have any regrets after inking a deal with Bill Clinton that nearly bankrupted the company.

www.gunsamerica.com

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Ok I'll bite what's that

It's a useless gun lock that has been known to lock inadvertently...and ugly. Most importantly, it's a reminder of when they caved in, sold out gun owners and made a deal with the Clinton administration to avoid bs lawsuits and threats.

 

[FNSafari]

There comes a time in every debate over firearms and the 2nd Amendment, when you have to fish or cut bait. S&W chose to fish and jump in with both feet. As Teddy Roosevelt would say, Bully, bully!!

 

[timeout]

It can be difficult to forget the past. I'm going to go with "what have you done for me lately?", move on and hope that this is a new dawn at S&W.

 

[Rem06]

All I know is that they folded like lawn chairs under Clinton.

true, but I think Colt went a step worse by agreeing to not sell to the public and only to LE and military!

i was pissed off worse at them since i had and still do have an Anaconda and always wanted a Python

 

[JimPag]

Tell us the story about what they did under clinton.
S&w and kahr arms are worthy of our support at the moment for all they do. Justin moon from kahr bows to no one on his beliefs i assure you. If you could talk to him for just a bit youd buy the first kahr you came across. Theyre a year behind right now tho so good luck.

I got a chance to meet Justin at his plant in Worcester, Mass after I bought my first Kahr in 96. What a smart and knowledgeable person he is. He had a vision and a dream and he followed thru with it. When I got the tour of the place and left I was thoroughly impressed with him.

 

[41magnut]

the old management must have been french.

I seem to recall S&W was part of a British conglomerate back in the 90's.

 

[41magnut]

i have a long memory and they dont get off that easy!

This is why I do not own a General Motors (Obama Motors) product.

 

[ragsflh]

give the new ceo a chance

 

[ebb]

The guy that caved to Clinton has been gone for 20 plus years. It isn't the same company, what more can the CEO do?

 

[FNSafari]

I seem to recall S&W was part of a British conglomerate back in the 90's.

U.K. conglomerate F.H. Tomkins PLC (later simply Tomkins PLC), which paid $112.5 million in June 1997 to purchase Smith & Wesson.

 

[Drolds72]

It can be difficult to forget the past. I'm going to go with "what have you done for me lately?", move on and hope that this is a new dawn at S&W.

Sometimes it's not the mistakes you make, it's how you recover from them. Schultz stepped down in 2000. I'd say the brush with bankruptcy probably taught them a lesson they still have not forgotten. Love my X frame 460!

 

[22BRGUY]

I seem to recall S&W was part of a British conglomerate back in the 90's.

In 2014 that Company was bought out by the Blackstone Group which is in
a 50/50 partnership with Blackrock, Larry Fink

 

[Jager]

Smith & Wesson is a storied, wonderful company, with a long history of outstanding products. They have long been my favorite revolver. And their AR-15 is a very nice rifle.

But, yes, they did cave to the Clintons back in the 90's. And although that CEO of theirs is long gone, the legacy he left behind - most current S&W revolvers still have that silly, stupid lock drilled into their side plate - still remains.

That was a refreshing public statement by Mark Smith, the current CEO. Thanks for posting it, Dusty. But if I was having a beer with Mr. Smith I'd tell him the most telling statement he could make would be to instruct his senior managers to make plans, post haste, to remove that internal lock.

I don't do "woke." And an S&W revolver with an internal lock is a "woke" revolver.

 

[69mach]

I seem to recall S&W was part of a British conglomerate back in the 90's.

all the more reason for me not to buy their product.

 

[urbanrifleman]

Talk talk talk. Doesn't mean anything.

The internet has made it easy for people to look like they have actual values. They can post stuff like it means anything.

It doesn't.... (my opinion)

 

[1911nut]

Talk talk talk. Doesn't mean anything.

The internet has made it easy for people to look like they have actual values. They can post stuff like it means anything.

It doesn't.... (my opinion)

But that doesn’t include you or me

 

[hpshooter]

All I know is that they folded like lawn chairs under Clinton.

Ruger drank the same Cool Aide!