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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These nuances will fly right over the heads of your average journalists.
Very true, same with my S/W Airweight .38 hammerless revolver.
Police Arrest 3 in Child Murder Case That Prompted New Mexico Governor’s Unconstitutional Gun Ban
Romero, who was arrested Thursday, was already wanted for failure to appear in court in relation to alleged drug dealing, according to the Associated Press.
Garley happened to already be in custody after having been arrested on Sept. 13, when police discovered around 100,000 fentanyl pills in his car.
Both men were armed during their arrests, AP reported, noting that they are “reputed gang members.”
Gomez was arrested Friday in connection with the shooting. Police have not yet released the details of his arrest.
Good.
Five shot during party at Covington’s Event Center
Detectives were summoned to the very chaotic and wide spread scene and learned that at least one victim was shot inside the club and other victims were shot outside.
https://covingtonleader.com/news/public-safety/five-shot-during-party-at-covingtons-event-center/
Black-on-Black behavior or gang-related. Too close to home.
The AR is 1.) widely owned, and 2.) a relatively puny round. If they get the AR, common sense dictates that they’ll go after anything less widely owned, and more powerful.
There is less anonymity in sparsely populated areas where people know each other than there is in cities with millions who don’t know their next door neighbor. Those criminals would be more likely to blend in in a big city than a rural area.
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