[Spktyr]

Bill Ruger also supported the AWB (to, as he said, handicap his competition who all made higher capacity handguns than him - he favored a 15 round cap which happened to be the most he could get in one of his designs - as well as save his baby, the Mini-14) but since his death his successors have turned completely around and been very staunch supporters. Also, Ruger never ignored civilian sales or complaints as they had no military contracts to speak of.

[ltc8k6]

“No honest man needs more than ten rounds in any gun”

Bill Ruger.

[WorkingClassFilth]

I remember that, too. Bill Ruger seemed ready to pull the rug out from under the 2A. That's when they began their “responsible gun owner” mantra in order to disassociate themselves from whomever the government might deem irresponsible.

Don't forget that Bushmaster also took advantage of that fear mongering as well. They began price gouging and dishonoring pre-94AWB purchasing with freezes and price hikes.