Colt in Trouble

[Hound]

Ya.... Seriously... What do you figure are the odds of opening up another lead factory. If the powder shops were to be closed (its not like there are a lot of them), how long (if ever) would it take to open up a new one? There are several companies that could/would cause serious disruption if not irreparable damage to the gun industry. We are not talking about capitalism here. We are talking about targeted disruption to the gun industry. Capitalism assumes that somebody is making money.... Getting ahead, even if by killing off a competitor. Here we are fighting an ideology that wants to remove an industry for no other reason than they believe it is evil. Between these types of attacks, laws like our glorious 2013 Colorado laws and executive orders/policy that can directly affect core rules such as those from the ATF(M855)...... Would it stop all guns/ammo, not by itself. Make laws and executive orders restricting/onerous enough for new manufacturing business, buy up the old business(s) and shut them down/run'em into the ground... There is a vulnerability here that could hurt us. If MagPul had not been allowed to move for some reason and had to shut down, do you really think they got that big overnight? If 'they' squash'em young its much easier than a long standing business that has already proven itself. I once met Rhonda Rodes.... Her first question was how do we get rid of the ammo so they have nothing left? My jaw dropped and I said "You can't!" But on watching them...... That is exactly what they want to do. Go after the manufacturers, the business. It is after all just the business of death to them. Looking at Colt, I just wonder if that is not the long game plan. Their actions don't make sense to me otherwise.

BTW: They did not just buy Colt and shut it down....... They ran it into the ground. Shutting it down would have created a vacuum for, as you state, somebody else to fill. No, they maintained Colt and ruined everything about it, reputation, assets, knowledge, etc. As pointed out in other posts... Run'em into the ground so the name can be sold to China and we get cheap knockoff's with an old name. Ya.... No damage to guns from that.

Lol I wouldn't have much of an issue with a billionaire buying out the corporations. Doesn't shut mfg down provides billions in the pockets of gun mfgs who can - gasp - open a new company with that money. Opens up new competitive options. Where there is demand, there are companies to fill it. If you're stupid enough to sell to Bloomberg, the other companies that don't will reap the rewards. Out of all of the possibilities of attack money, that would hurt us the least, it would be like a lion culling the sick members of our herd.