No More Jesus Rifles

ABC News ^ | LUIS MARTINEZ, JOSEPH RHEE and MARK SCHONE

[greatdefender]

Trijicon, the gunsight maker that has imprinted Bible verse numbers on its scopes, has announced that it will no longer imprint the verses on the sides of scopes intended for the U.S. military, and will also provide clients with the kits to remove the Bible verse numbers from existing scopes.

An ABC News report earlier this week revealed that the Michigan-based company, which has a contract to provide up to 800,000 scopes to the U.S. military, prints references to New Testament chapters and verses in code next to the model numbers of its scopes. The scopes are used by the U.S. Marine Corps and Army in Iraq and Afghanistan, and by U.S. allies in those countries, and for the training of Afghan and Iraqi troops.

"Trijicon has proudly served the U.S. military for more than two decades, and our decision to offer to voluntarily remove these references is both prudent and appropriate," said Stephen Bindon, Trijicon president and CEO in a statement. "We want to thank the Department of Defense for the opportunity to work with them and will move as quickly as possible to provide the modification kits for deployment overseas."

Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said the Department of Defense "applauds the voluntary actions announced today by Trijicon."

Morrell said the coded Bible reference were clearly inappropriate. Said Morrell, "It is not the policy of the Department of Defense to put religious references of any kind on its equipment."

Earlier today, Gen. David Petraeus, who commands CentCom, which oversees U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, told a D.C. thinktank that the company's practice was "disturbing …and a serious concern for me" and field commanders. He said there had been considerable discussions within the Department of Defense about how to deal with Trijicon's practice.

[myknowledge]

No need to make a crapping at Biblican references on gunsights, just leave them alone.

[manc]

it drives me nuts about who is in charge, the dopes we have voting or even dopes who went to college and had a party for 4 years and now think they’re smart.

This is how this fool got elected because of the dopes who can’t do their own thinking and follow the media or think the Jon Stewart show is the news

[Shooter 2.5]

The customer asked for specifics in order to buy. The manufacturer complied in order to sell.

[Eleutheria5]

Silliness what wert thou ‘til now? What art thou now? (Modified from Love’s Labour Lost, I forget which act and scene)

[Eleutheria5]

Any relationship to the General Morrell who served with distinction in both world wars?

[ICE-FLYER]

You’re griping as if it really mattered. Explain!

[magooey]

How does this story take 3 reporters?

Perhaps because 3 is the number of Monty Python's Holy Hand Grenade. While we're at it, they could change the etching on the scope to a stylized "300", or "Molon Lave" in greek.

Next time on Nethack I'll try to find a +3 blessed magic rifle scope.

[swheats]

For sure. After I calmed down that was the best I could respond.

[blackbart.223]

"Any relationship to the General Morrell who served with distinction in both world wars?"

I don't know. I'll look it up.

[WSGilcrest]

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[gaijin]

It wasn’t some idiot muzzie who kicked up this fuss, it was MICHAEL WEINSTEIN, from the very dishonestly named, “Military Religious Freedom Foundation”.

http://wwww.mrff.org

Many parts of his dishonest page distract from his actual aim (war on Christians); seeing all these aged Constitution scrolls and other Americana you half expect that Ben Franklin will stroll out with buckle shoes, powdered wig, and half-moon glasses, but I asssssuuuure you he is all about stamping on the bibles of US military people:

He was a USAF J.A.G. puke who worked —of all people— for Ronald Reagan, then made some bucks in the private sector suing folks for Ross Perot. Then he retired at from 2006 and has for the past 4 years been waging Secular Jihad against men who treacherously fight muslim folks who throw acid on girls and say Jews are monkeys (don’t ask me).

Sounds crazy huh? He’s overweight, ugly, angry, and other bad stuff —things you can see from the news broadcast clips he has at his website:

http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/weinstein2.html

Yes, while we are out trying to head off Armageddon or widespread terror, this guy chooses to focus on stuff that’s written on rifles —amazing, isn’t it?

I do not understand what drives this incredibly deluded, zeppelin-like REMF’ing insect.

Michael Weinstein: Bad for Jews, Bad for the USA, Bad for risk-taking American soldiers

[OldArmy52]

Been ok with the Obama Reich if they had been Koran verses.

[LeoWindhorse]

any Full Col and above ‘must’ think of their career ......

[Cedar]

Jesus wins in the end regardless.

[Islaminaction]

The Pentagon has turned into a PC joke.

Here is more.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2432611/posts

[Macgedos]

Marine’s Prayer : I pray that this scope will help me to place the bullet that I just fired in the right place so I might humbly help this poor terrorist meet with his 72 virgins and not be insulted by reading him his rights or humiliated by a civilian trial conducted by civilian donkey ass’s.....Amen

[Lexinom]

Yes, but perhaps something with more bite to suit our times:

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[TomasUSMC]

I was wondering if I could buy stock in this company but not anymore. Stand up for what you believe.

[napscoordinator]

Isn’t he the one that FREEPERS wanted to run for President? If there is one complaint I have for some folks on here is that they get excited over a person who does something good and wants them to run for President without even knowing their beliefs or even their issues. Some here want Brown to run for President or even on the ticket as Vice President...it is so annoying.