From a Bushmaster
Posted on 09/22/2023 2:39:17 PM PDT by rellimpank
In December 2005, five groups of Wall Street investors flew in private jets to Portland, Maine, where they took waiting limousines to a warren of metal buildings that resembled a midsize lumberyard. They had come to Bushmaster Firearms in pursuit of a highly profitable product whose market was growing faster than any other in America’s stagnant gun industry. The product was the AR-15, and red-hot Bushmaster, the nation’s leading manufacturer of the rifle, had decided to auction itself to the highest bidder.
Bushmaster’s owner Dick Dyke had once feared that he could never sell the company because so many people had a negative view of the gun. A few years earlier, Dyke had been forced to resign his post as President George W. Bush’s chief Maine fundraiser after the media found out he made AR-15s for a living. After that, his company was again pilloried when two snipers who terrorized the Washington, D.C. area used a Bushmaster in their attacks.
But by 2005, Dyke’s concerns had evaporated. Sales of the AR-15 were growing faster than any other rifle or shotgun. When Dyke let it be known that he might be interested in selling, potential private-equity buyers rushed up to Maine to see his operations and make a bid for the AR-15 maker. “All of the sudden, they became an amazing thing,” recalled John DeSantis, Bushmaster’s chief executive.
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There is nothing controversial about an AR-15 or any weapon. It is designed to kill. Government better heed that if they attempt to do something controversial like denying Americans their 2a rights.
From a Bushmaster
Well the Obamanation and his lackey Joe “the Big Guy” Biden certainly took care of that issue.
I’d wager that whatever scheme the hapless Veep comes up with in her new job as Disarmament Czar will serve to increase AR sales considerably.
Watch. The Dems will howl about getting rid of AR 15s. Then Nancy Pelosi will buy up Bushmaster stocks. All they care about is money.
Doesn't matter what the fidiots do about their ar15 hatred. Like covid, there are so many variants both in appearance, caliber and style, let them howl at the moon for all the good it will do. Most of these libbies have never actually seen or touched a rifle using the ar platform and probably never will. I used the tried and true m16 in the 60's in combat, nice rifle, but for personal ownership there are just so many other fine superior arms available.
bkmk
Looks like Cerberus owns Bushmaster. Probably s few other manufacturers, as well.
It doesnt matter the gun
They have just locked onto this one as a symbol
Its a focal point for rally
So keep using it and carrying it where you can
Right. It is the focal point. If they can demonize the AR platform and get rid of it, another platform will take it’s place.
It’s all about disarming us while allowing the cartels to roam our country with automatic weapons.
And if the SHTF, we will have to defend ourselves from govt agencies with automatic weapons (Waco) AND cartels with the same weapons.
As for Bushmaster, many of their experienced employees got the shaft when Freedom Group merged it with Remington and moved production out of Maine. Years later, many of those employees got back in the game by creating Windham Weaponry, which was well-respected as a quality manufacturer, but one that didn't go overboard with the tacticool features and accessories.
Unfortunately, Windham recently fell victim to mounting post-COVID supply and costs problems, and ultimately shut its doors. Pity, too... it was a good source for mil-spec AR barrels with chrome lined bores.
Bkmk/ar 15
Carried one for four years, the original one with splayed flash suppressor and no forward assist. Cleaned 30 per shift as an armorer (as well as 30 S&W K-38 and 4 M-60’s). Never had ammo problems despite shooting up multiple cans of 5.56 to avoid inspection gigs. Reliable weapon from my experience. Article failed to mention the modularity factor that makes it popular.
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It’s not really controversial.
The left makes that claim over anything it doesn’t approve of.
We have to stop allowing them to control the narrative and the language.
Didn’t you loose all your firearms in a boating incident when they all fell overboard and sank in very deep water?
The AR-15 was created for the U.S. military in the 1950s
No it wasn't. The AR-15 IS and was ALWAYS strictly a civilian rifle. Not one military in the world has ever adopted the AR-15.
Civilian AR-15s sold in the U.S. are semiautomatic.
No. ALL AR-15's are civilian and are semiautomatic. What the military used are M-16s and now M-4s. They have select fire capability. They are NOT AR-15s.
The article keeps talking about "civilian versions of the AR-15." They're ALL civilian versions or they are not AR-15s. There's no such thing as a military version of an AR-15. Those are not AR-15s.
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