Magpul

[MrNiceGuy]

Flooding the market sure worked aganst Smith and Wesson when they caved to Clinton. It nearly bankrupted them.

The flood of used goods makes a good statement, and might even devalue the new goods slightly, but it was the lack of new sales that nearly bankrupted them. Also, any devaluation would impact your attempt to "dump" the used products.

Personally, I don't like the word "boycott", I prefer "ostracize".

I advocate the ostracizing of magpul.

 

[mortar maggot]

L5 Translucent - Lancer Systems

I actually prefer these over pmags.


I would agree with this, sadly I only have a couple Lancer mags, they just seem to fit the magwell better, easier in and out compared to Magpul (I have version 1 and 2 style)

I do not think they have said Boo one way or the other on the current gun control issues.

 

[MrNiceGuy]

I do not think they have said Boo one way or the other on the current gun control issues.

This is true, though I've heard rumblings of an announcement coming soon.

I have all 10 fingers crossed.

 

[ronin223]

WOW, guess I'll never buy a magpul product again

oh well, most of their stuff was mostly hype anyways

 

[Misterbill]

The idea of a boycott is a nice idea, but impossible in practice, which is exactly what Magpul has pointed out.

Unless you had S&W, Colt, Glock, Sig and the rest joining in it's a symbolic statement that accomplished nothing but getting people already on ourside excited. And even THEN, you'd just have individual distributors buying those guns from the manufacturers and selling them to a state on the ban list.

Magpul doesn't do enough business in the police market in NY to make a difference. And many of the companies on the lists I've seen have Never done ANY appreciable business with NY state, which makes the whole thing a PR stunt to get business from gun owners. You really think Olympic Arms had a big LE sales presence in NY? Seriously?

I don't think NY's 7-round limit is going to pass constitutional muster. The AR ban may or may not, but the 7-round limit is small enough to make self-defense difficult and there's no LEGAL question that the right of self-defense with a gun is a protected right. -Heller established that much. This may have to come to a legal battle. Given the court's makeup and people likely to retire soon, I'm not sure if now isn't the time to strike on that front.

 

[Father of four]

Some people will stand up for whats right even though they are but a few.

 

[FORKLIFT252]

I for one will not support magpul. I got plenty of magpul product....I was looking forward to buying tons more when they took a stand the first time. But now NO WAY!

 

[dmancornell]

It's all about greed... These guys are definitely NOT oath keepers.

I don't even think it's about greed. The statement says their LEO sales are negligible. The company is just run by delusional statists.

Statists because they willfully discriminate against civilians that don't "work" for the government, the very same entity that is pissing on the civilian gun rights that Magpul claims to support. Delusional because apparently Magpul is endowed with clairvoyant abilities that enable them to check their LEO customer's 2A stance, or as they put it, "supporting the good guys behind the lines". Apparently collecting a taxpayer-funded check makes one pro-2A.

Magpul's statement is a rambling mess, it could have been boiled down to a simple sentence: "Cops are above civilians, therefore we will sell to cops because they need our magazines to put down brown and black people".

 

[dmancornell]

They don't put down white people too?

Sure, just fewer, from a statistical standpoint. Drug warrants constitute a majority of SWAT deployments today (where Magpul products will certainly be used) and the drug war is largely waged against minorities, since it is a persecution of pharmaceuticals that white politicians dislike.

 

[wilsoncj]

Straight from their facebook page,

"REGARDING LEO SALES
March 1st, 2013

Back in 1990, when I was deployed in Desert Shield and Desert Storm as a Marine grunt, some companies prioritized me items for my M16 for shipping that I purchased with my own funds. After getting out and forming Magpul in 1999, I established the same priority policy for Military and Law Enforcement, due to the requirements of their profession.

The same policy has been in place for 13 years now and has never been an issue until a few days ago. I do not support the idea that individual police officers should be punished for the actions of their elected officials. That said, I understand the concerns that some have with Law Enforcement officers getting special treatment while at the same time denouncing second amendment rights to another citizen in the same state.

With the fight in Colorado right now we do not have time to implement a new program, so I have suspended all LE sales to ban states until we can implement a system wherein any Law Enforcement Officer buying for duty use will have to promise to uphold their oath to the US Constitution - specifically the second and fourteenth amendments - as it applies to all citizens.

Richard Fitzpatrick
President/CEO - Founder
Magpul Industries"

 

[whatzhizname]

Here is their Facebook page if you feel the need to tell them how you feel about their decision: https://www.facebook.com/magpul

 

[RICKRWS]

Magpul just said if they pass a Ban on Mags in Colorado, they will move to another state. Just heard it on Fox.

Magpul Provides "Complete Statement" on NY LEO Ban | The Truth About Guns

 

[wilsoncj]

Because you guys seemed to glaze over it, here it is again. They are NOT going to sell to LEO's in ban states anymore.

"REGARDING LEO SALES
March 1st, 2013

Back in 1990, when I was deployed in Desert Shield and Desert Storm as a Marine grunt, some companies prioritized me items for my M16 for shipping that I purchased with my own funds. After getting out and forming Magpul in 1999, I established the same priority policy for Military and Law Enforcement, due to the requirements of their profession.

The same policy has been in place for 13 years now and has never been an issue until a few days ago. I do not support the idea that individual police officers should be punished for the actions of their elected officials. That said, I understand the concerns that some have with Law Enforcement officers getting special treatment while at the same time denouncing second amendment rights to another citizen in the same state.

With the fight in Colorado right now we do not have time to implement a new program, so I have suspended all LE sales to ban states until we can implement a system wherein any Law Enforcement Officer buying for duty use will have to promise to uphold their oath to the US Constitution - specifically the second and fourteenth amendments - as it applies to all citizens.

Richard Fitzpatrick
President/CEO - Founder
Magpul Industries"

 

[DIRTYBRASS]

A move

 

[gehrheart]

I cant see why ANY company would want to move to Washington state!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Goodbye, magpul. Your evil decision will be remembered when the final chips fall

Best set the patriots out here straight, fast, if you have an alternate plan

 

[DIRTYBRASS]

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