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Gaining Momentum: Now 44 Gun Companies Have Stopped Selling to Law Enforcement In Anti-2A States
The Blaze ^ | Feb 23, 2013 | Mike Opelka

Posted on 02/24/2013 9:19:05 AM PST by EXCH54FE

The list of companies that have stopped selling firearms and ammunition to law enforcement agencies in states that are restricting the Second Amendment has more than doubled since Wednesday and is more than five times larger than just one week ago. There are 44 companies on our list, with more being added as we receive notification. Here are the additions since Wednesday: •Barrett Firearms •Exile Machine •Tier One Arms •Bravo Company USA •Primary Weapons Systems •Crusader Weaponry •Top Gun Supply •Kiss Tactical •Clark Fork Tactical •OFA Tactical •One Source Tactical •Templar Tactical Arms •NEMO Arms •Old Grouch’s Military Surplus •Big Horn Armory •Midway USA •CMMG Inc •Rocky Top Tactical •Badger Peak •Controlled Chaos Arms •SRT Arms •Norton Firearms •Citizen Arms •Evolution Weaponry •Doublestar Corp •JCW Industries •Huntertown Arms

Here’s a sample of statements from some of the recent additions to the list as well as the positions of the companies that have reached out to TheBlaze directly to declare their policy shift:

Steve Adelmann of Citizen Arms shared the following from his company’s statement, made the day after New York changed its laws:

”Due to legal, ethical and moral concerns, Citizen Arms offers only those custom firearms that are legal for all lawful citizens of a given state to possess, regardless of law enforcement status. LE personnel living in states where citizens must have restrictive features will only receive like product support from Citizen Arms. We’re very appreciative of the sacrifices made by the law enforcement community but we’re even more appreciative of the right guaranteed to all law-abiding US citizens by the Second Amendment to the US Constitution: A well regulated militia, necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”.

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To: Labyrinthos
Revised post without the typos and other errors:

FYI — The official sidearm of the New York State Troopers is the Glock 37 (.45 GAP) and each patrol car carries a Rem 870 Shotgun (or at least they used to). The NYS SWAT/ESU primarily uses Colt AR-15 and Savage 10.

The official/approved sidearms for the New York City Police Department are Glock, Sig, and S & W. The shotgun of choice is the Mossberg 590 and the SWAT/ESU units use Colt AR-15s.

New York State — being the police state that it is — has multiple, overlapping law enforcement departments at the federal, state, and local level, each of which has the authority to independently procure and issue weapons for their members. Here is a partial historical list of the weapons used by many NYS LE departments: https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/pw_newyork. Although I don’t have the time or resources to research and verify accuracy of the list or determine the weapons currently used by each department, I’m willing to bet that based upon this list, Glock, Sig, S & W, Beretta, Colt, Mossberg, and Remington arm 98% or more of the LE departments in New York.

61 posted on 02/25/2013 5:46:02 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: OldPossum

In case you are curious, here is a list of the LE departments with overlapping jurisdiction (in the suburban NYC county where I live), at the local, state, and federal level: Town Police, County Police, County Sheriff, DEP Police, DEC Police, Mental Hygiene Police, MTA Police, Amtrak Police, Port Authority Police, Corrections Police, Office of Court Administration Police, State University Police, NYS Parks Police, NYS Troopers, USCG, FBI, ATF, DEA, DHS, TSA, US Marshal’s, and US Park Police. The officers of each of the federal, state, amd local LE departments have “peace officer” status under New York law, which means they are allowed to carry a weapon off-duty without the need for a CCW permit and have the power to make arrests outside of their department’s official jurisdiction. (Here’s an exhausive list of police officers and peace officers in NYS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_New_York#Persons_designated_as_police_officers.)


62 posted on 02/25/2013 7:01:19 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: Lurker
Excellent!

It’s time for Smith and Wesson, Glock, and Baretta to step up to the plate.

Yup. Hopefully they're reading this. Spread the word.

63 posted on 02/25/2013 7:04:08 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: Labyrinthos

Thanks for the info.


64 posted on 02/25/2013 6:17:42 PM PST by OldPossum
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