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To: fight_truth_decay
www.busmaster.com

Bushmaster Firearms has always been a proud and strong supporter of the Second Amendment and an
individuals right to access, own and use firearms. Bushmaster has fought the anti-gun movement continually
in their constant efforts to eliminate firearms from our society. We have committed a great deal of our
resources to support this effort and will continue to do so.



Unfortunately, the anti-gun movement finds a great deal of favor in much of the press with their bias and
slanted reporting. Bushmaster has always tried to be open and honest with the press in an effort to help
them see the other side and to educate them on the real issues. Often the real story is left out or slanted in
an attempt to feed the anti-gun agenda.



In a May 14th article in a local newspaper, regarding the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and its sunset provision,
the reporter took totally out of context what Mr. Faraday said and slanted the article in a way that made it
appear that Bushmaster was in support of extending the Ban. One of the quotes that was taken out of
context and was incomplete was "From our point of view, extending the ban is probably OK, in terms of
affecting our sales, but we have always supported legislation protecting gun rights, including the Assault
Weapons Ban sunset provision." The reporter asked how Bushmaster dealt with the ban in the first place and
how we were able to continue our business. The quote that we would consider supporting the bill that would
strengthen the current Assault Weapons Ban law was totally mischaracterized. The discussion was about how
far apart the pro-gun groups and the anti-gun groups are in trying to understand each other, and that if the
anti-gun groups would propose ideas or suggestions that made sense, then we would consider them, but
instead their entire effort is to shutdown the industry.



The firearms industry's ongoing battle with the well-financed anti-gun groups creates an atmosphere of
absolute non-understanding and non-compromise on both sides. From the point of view of the firearms
industry, it has become an issue of survival. As long as the press continues to distort and slant the issues,
and the anti-gun groups are determined to destroy the industry, then there never will be any meaningful
discussion of the issues.





Contact Information

Here you will find all our telephone numbers and Email contacts.

Telephones
For Sales, Pre-sales and Technical Questions, please call:
Sales Department: 1-800-998-7928
Mon. through Fri. 8:30 am - 7:00 pm
Sat. 10:00am - 3:00 pm.
Eastern Standard Time

For Product Availability, Order Status, Tracking Numbers
Customer Service: 1-800-883-6229
Mon. through Fri. 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
Email: customerservice@bushmaster.com
FAX
1-207-892-8068

Address for UPS Packages
Bushmaster Firearms, Inc.
999 Roosevelt Trail
Windham, ME 04062

Address for all other Mail

Bushmaster Firearms, Inc.
P.O. Box 1479
Windham, ME 04062

Electronic Mail
Law Enforcement: le@bushmaster.com
Technical Support: techsupport@bushmaster.com
Customer Service: customerservice@bushmaster.com
Company Information: info@bushmaster.com
Webmaster: webmaster@bushmaster.com
23 posted on 05/14/2003 3:32:48 PM PDT by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: joesnuffy
Thanks Joe!!!!

To characterize this report's lies as "taken out of context" is far more polite than I would have been!


Eaker


26 posted on 05/14/2003 3:46:27 PM PDT by Eaker (64,999,987 firearm owners killed no one yesterday. Somehow, it didn't make the news.)
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To: joesnuffy; ninenot
Way to go, Joe!

More media lies exposed.

Looks like I owe Bushmaster an apology.

You called it, Ninenot. Never trust the media.
29 posted on 05/14/2003 4:18:52 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (Don't punch holes in the lifeboat)
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