Olympic Arms Tells New York to POUND SAND!

[UPCrawfish]

Any and ALL government agencies, state or local municipalities in New York,  have been advised that Olympic Arms will no longer service these entities...

http://www.ammoland.com/2013/02/olympic-arms-to-new-york-state-take-your-business-elsewhere/#axzz2Kin3HOa1

[lneuke]

Awesome, I can only hope more will follow suit!

[gsd]

Excellent.

[bk09]

I always forget that Olympic Arms exists. Good for them!

[NB]

+1 Olympic Arms too.  We really need the big suppliers to get in on this.

[Phantom]

One can only hope it snowballs like the outdoor show did
and everybody in the business back them.

And tells NY We're not going to take it.

[OnTheFly]

I think that there will always be some firearms manufacturer and/or FFL that will do business with the NY government.  My only hope is that, given a smaller group of FFLs willing to do business with them, that this will drive the prices astronomically high for these NY agencies.  So high that they will have to start making straw purchases to get the guns at a reasonable price. 

Fly

[Gary]

I have an Olympic Arms AR-CAR flat top .223 / 5.56mm, along with several other AR's, and I am happy with the way it shoots and looks.   

Good for them, that they stand up to the states.  I would also call them to tell the fed to pound sand.

[shovelhead69]

"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Olympic Arms is a staunch believer in and defender of the Constitution of the United States, and with special attention paid to the Bill of Rights that succinctly enumerates the security of our Divinely given Rights. One of those Rights is that to Keep and Bear Arms.

Legislation recently passed in the State of New York outlaws the AR15 and many other firearms, and will make it illegal for the good and free citizens of New York to own a large selection of legal and safe firearms and magazines. We feel as though the passage of this legislation exceeds the authority granted to the government of New York by its citizens, and violates the Constitution of the United States, ignoring such SCOTUS rulings as District of Columbia v. Heller – 554, U.S. 570 of 2008, McDonald v. Chicago – 561 U.S. 3025 of 2010, and specifically the case of United States v. Miller – 307 U.S. 174 of 1939.

Due the passing of this legislation, Olympic Arms would like to announce that the State of New York, any Law Enforcement Departments, Law Enforcement Officers, First Responders within the State of New York, or any New York State government entity or employee of such an entity – will no longer be served as customers.

In short, Olympic Arms will no longer be doing business with the State of New York or any governmental entity or employee of such governmental entity within the State of New York – henceforth and until such legislation is repealed, and an apology made to the good people of the State of New York and the American people.

If the leaders of the State of New York are willing to limit the right of the free and law abiding citizens of New York to arm themselves as they see fit under the Rights enumerate to all citizens of the United State through the Second Amendment, we feel as though the legislators and government entities within the State of New York should have to abide by the same restrictions.

This action has caused a division of the people into classes: Those the government deems valuable enough to protect with modern firearms, and those whose lives have been deemed as having less value, and whom the government has decided do not deserve the right to protect themselves with the same firearms. Olympic Arms will not support such behavior or policy against any citizen of this great nation.

Olympic Arms invites all firearms manufacturers, distributors and firearms dealers to join us in this action to refuse to do business with the State of New York. We must stand together, or we shall surely fall divided.

Sincerely,

Brian Schuetz
President
Olympic Arms, Inc."

[shovelhead69]

Crap! I posted Larue yesterday and Olmp today because I didnt see this post. Sorry!

[wusker]

sounds like I am going to send messages and hpone calls to S&W, Sig, and Glock asking if they will be following suit since it says they are the main duty issue suppliers for NYPD

[Gary]

They just went a step further:

 Now, Olympic Arms has drawn another line in the sand, calling out the Fraternal Order of Police when they were solicited to advertise in a FOP publication.
 The following was posted to Olympic Arms Facebook page.


 Olympic Arms was recently asked to advertise in the FOP Journal; the official magazine of the Fraternal Order of Police. It is well known that the FOP is a staunch supporter of Gun Control, had backed the AWB under Bill Clinton, and supports the current AWB under consideration that was introduced by Diane Feinstein. The FOP was actually accredited as being one of the sources that helped prepare the language of Gun Control suggestions that were forwarded by Vice President Biden. Below is a copy of our response to the FOP Journal:
 Please forward this email to every major principal in your organization. Note, the post was reformatted to better fit this website.
 AS:
 1. The Fraternal Order of Police is on Congressional Record as having been a major supporter of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban.
 2. As a matter of fact and record, the FOP is accredited with assisting VP Biden in formulating the language of the newly proposed ban
 3. Additionally, as a matter of fact and public record, the FOP is in support of the newly recommended Assault Weapons Ban introduced by Senator Feinstein.
 a. FOP representatives were actually standing on the Stage during the presentation as a sign of “support”.
THEREFORE:
 Olympic Arms, Inc, manufacturers of AR15 type firearms, firearms that these legislators would call “Assault Weapons”, will not be supporting in any way, shape, form or fashion, The Fraternal Order of Police, any organization that represents, supports, takes advertising dollars from, spends advertising dollars with, is in anyway related to, any individual who is a card carrying member of, or any person or entity in any way associated with the Fraternal Order of Police. Period.
 Henceforth;
- Be assured that Olympic Arms will not rest in its efforts to educate our customers, fans and followers the extent of the hypocrisy committed by the FOP and FOP Journal (fighting to outlaw the firearms produced by the very companies they now solicit for advertising dollars…). You can also be certain that we continue to make every effort to properly educate the firearms consumer in general, of the same.
- Additionally, we will make continued efforts at assure that ALL firearms manufacturers are aware of the FOP’s support to strip Constitutional Rights from Americans, and their support of further unconstitutional gun control legislation.
 - We pledge to inform all of our customers the lengths that the FOP and associated FOP affiliates by proxy (which includes all your advertisers)are willing to go to in order to strip the American Citizen of their Constitutional Rights, while at the same time writing in exemptions to the same legislation to ensure that their members maintain those same rights they would have stripped from others.
 - Your actions are the actions of a rogue organization supporting tyranny, not an organization sworn to uphold the laws of the land, to protect, serve and defend their constituencies.
 Let it be know, that your actions are reprehensible and shameful.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...and-much-more/
http://www.guncite.com/aswpolice.html

 Sincerely,
 Thomas A. Spithaler
 Sales & Marketing Dir.
 Olympic Arms, Inc.