So if S&W goes out of business, everyone who works there is condemed to a life of unemployment? I hardly think so.
If S&W goes out of business, followed by ruger, and there is still a market for domestic handguns, do you not think someone who wants to make money will step in and fill that void? Are we worse off just because company X goes under and is replaced by company Y?
S&W agreed to bind all of their dealers to many restrictions, including the following:
Safety training for purchasers: transfer firearms only to individuals who have passed certified safety course or exam and demonstrate to purchasers how to use all safety devices and how to load, unload, and safely store the firearm before completing the sale.
Gun shows: make no gun show sales unless all sales at the gun show are completed only after a background check.
Weapons attractive to criminals: not sell large capacity magazines or semiautomatic assault weapons
Multiple handgun sales: all purchasers of multiple handguns to take only one handgun from the store on the day of sale, at which point a multiple sales report will be filed with ATF. The remainder of the guns can only be collected after 14 days.
Legislation. The parties will work together to support legislative efforts to reduce firearm misuse and the development of authorized user technology.
If congress proposed any of these measures as law, I'm sure everyone here would be up in arms. Unfortunately, when S&W signed a pure CYA agreement that would make all those things happen without one single vote being taken in congress, too many people take the attitude that we can't dare hurt poor S&W.
I won't give money to politicians who try to take away my rights. Why should I give it to a gun maker who helps them? The right to keep and bear arms is more imporant than the existance of any specific gun maker. S&W still must die.
