[Boogieman]

I find it ironic that an Indian tribe would prefer to sell guns to the government that subjugated it with guns, rather than to private citizens so they could protect themselves against any potential government subjugation.

[certrtwngnut]

Post #3.
Great comment.

[zeugma]

I find it ironic that an Indian tribe would prefer to sell guns to the government that subjugated it with guns, rather than to private citizens so they could protect themselves against any potential government subjugation.

yes

[Pontiac]

It intended to shift the company away from its consumer business, including curtailing the sale of the AR-15-style weapons frequently used in mass shootings, to focus on police and defense contracts.

AR style rifles were rarely used in mass shooting until very recently.

Reducing the sale of one of your product in most demand sounds like a losing strategy.

Choosing to limit your sales to the smallest part of the market seems like a strategy for failure.

Sure, police and defense sales are large individual contracts. But they are also highly competitive.

In the defense industry you can design a fantastic product and submit a very competitive bid and still not make the sale. The same holds true for police contracts.

It rarely pays to limit your self to a small customer base. The larger the range of customers you can sell to the greater your potential for generating sales.

I don’t understand this as a business strategy at all. This looks more like an ideologically driven strategy. Ideology doesn’t increase share holder value.