To those members of the forum who've questioned the authenticity of the original email I posted, it is 100% legitimate.

It's pretty hilarious that so many doubters base their skepticism SOLELY on my post count.

I'm simply a NYer who's had enough of this bullshit and thought other gun owners would find ArmaLite's position on 2nd Amendment protections less than inspiring.

No axe to grind, I'm not a competitor, former employee or have a DAMN thing to do with the firearms industry.

I like to do business with companies that respect my rights, and wanted others to know what ArmaLite has said in response to helping NYers.



Here's a reply from ArmaLite's Top Dog Mark Westrom, and far from a strong showing of support like LaRue and other makers with courage have demonstrated.



http://www.facebook.com/pages/Armalite/64911537585


Thanks for posting this email. I just received a concerned telephone call about it, an email from the staffer who stimulated the mail.



I think a bit of clarification is in order.



The root of the matter is a HUGE series of inquiries by both email and telephone asking ArmaLite to cut off sales to New York and other states which deny its citizens the right to own our rifles, as several other firms have done. Some of the contacts have been duplicates of others and some were so redundant that they appeared to be spam. Many of them have been rude and I'm afraid one of my staffers thought that he was responding to a spammer and was more terse than he should have been. Once he realized what happened he came to me and apologized.



My purpose here is to pass on his apology from the corporate level and to answer the initial question: What is ArmaLite going to do?



ArmaLite is continuing a policy put into place when California first banned our rifles. That policy remains:



1. We will not sell to those states which deny it's honorable citizens the right to own ArmaLite's.



2. We do not halt sales to individual officers even in problematic states. I am a former Police Officer myself, and the staffer who stimulated the recent anger is a currently serving one. We are well familiar with the fact that most rifles serving Police Officers are purchased by the officers themselves, and that they shouldn't be punished for the actions of their political elite.



We consider sales to those sate subdivisions which are not engaged or potentially engaged with disarming its citizens. DNR and Forestry Departments, for instance, sometimes serve in remote areas that conceal drug farms and their officers deserve good hardware.



3. We will not sell to those lower political subdivisions that deny their honorable citizens the right to own ArmaLite's. Chicago, for instance, prohibits its citizens from owning ArmaLite's within the city limits so we make no effort to sell into that city. We have many friends on the Chicago Police Department and have continued to sell to them individually.



Our observation is that most County Sheriffs disagree with banning sales of our rifles and many publicly refuse to enforce such laws. We sell to those departments and to their Deputies, but will not sell to those County departments headed by Sheriffs who would deny their citizens the same rights.



In short, Americans need not worry that ArmaLite is selling to those who betray them.



As you can see by reading posts on the topic, some readers have been harsh with their criticism of ArmaLite. It was in response to this atmosphere that my staffer reacted harshly. He's come to me and apologized and I personally am passing my own apology along with his.



But don't be mistaken, ArmaLite is strongly involved with both personal, corporate, and political efforts at the State, National, and International level to protect our civil rights. And we'll continue to support your shooting needs as the situation moves forward.



Respectfully,



Mark Westrom

President,

ArmaLite Inc.

There are like three threads on it.

My thread was locked, that's why I posted this.

Why it remains locked, when everything I posted is completely legitimate, is a question I can't answer.

IBTLA

In Before The Lock Again.

 

Good on you OP for speaking up

Well, I for one will no longer be recommending Armalite to my customers.

why was it locked?

Why did the other thread get locked?

Did I make it?

Dupe posts get locked. OP your first post was a dupe as an open thread already existed in the Armalite Industry Forum. The mods pointed people to the Post in the Armalite Industry forum, when they locked your thread, thus basically designating it the official post.

This post too will most likely be locked.  

Helpful link:
Industry Armalite Forum

(Also, IBTL)

Just copied this from a secret site staff location...

IBTL

nah, that was tbk killing his own thread.


methinks it was not going as planned.

That was beekeepers thread wasn't it?

Staff has taken a side.

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IBTL and OP is familiar

If the average citizen can't buy them then LEO's shouldn't be able to either regardless of whether it is for duty use or not.

Kinda sucks, it was actually not getting out of hand, people were sticking to their guns trying to persuade people. And since it got locked the calls of "site staff support of armalite due to their being a sponsor" will get louder  

Shocking!

 

And fuck armalite and their "common folk" views.

is ArmaLite the new "tonk"?

that

to hell with armalite, too many better companies to choose from

Striker killed it with this lock statement:

Why are these threads getting locked?

IBTL

Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile

On the other hand, I have it from reliable sources that ArmaLite will not be using Lon Horiuchi as their new spokesperson.

Well at least this thread is staying open... for now.  

Is this one locked yet?  

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_2_27/232662_.html

LaRue FTMFW!

 

Yep, the mods and staff are gonna rain hell down on him FED style. He will be found familiar and penguin and goose porn will be found on his computer and we will never see him again.



 

fixed.
 

^^^ this.

he should have put a cork on the end of his fork.

ar-jedi

Apparently, 2 or 3 of site staff don't want to see Armless get their feelings hurt,  ie;  site sponsor.

In before the inevitable lock.

And I still will never give ArmaLite a cent of my money

Industry Partner.

The Gatun Locks

Which thread are we allowed to post in without it getting locked

No to Armalite.  Yes to Oly, York, LaRue . . .

Sorry OP, my judgement was flawed.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life
Looking at the barrel of an Armalite
I don't want to spend the rest of my days
Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say
I don't want to spend my time in hell
Looking at the walls of a prison cell
I don't ever want to play the part
Of a statistic on a goverment chart

You're either with us or against us.

When LEOs in ban states come for your black rifles, they can always rely on Armalite rifles to get the job done.