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This whole thing reminds me of the Leatherman fiasco during the last Presidential election. The owner of the company, I forget his name, took a stance in favor of Kerry and let it be known to everybody. I wrote him an e-mail before the election telling him that I would never buy another one of his products and that I was willing to bet that most of the users of his products were conservative minded. He wrote me a response stating that he was entirely willing to take the consequences of his actions and he also thought that the majority using his products were liberal. A couple months after the election, he sent out a mass e-mail apologizing for his previous position, and stating that while he took that position we should not make the employees of his company suffer as a result. Yeah right. If he doesn't want the employees of the company to suffer, he can make sure that they get paid before he does. What a crock. I saw a nice Leatherman set the other day at Wal-Mart, but refused to buy it even though it was a little bit cheaper and nicer than the Gerber they had. Mind you, I am not throwing out the leatherman multi tool that a friend gave me for participating in his wedding, but I will never say anything positive about them and I will never spend my money on one. Even steered my brother in-law away from them when he was looking for a multi-tool.

Just as people have the freedom of speech, people also have the freedom to spend their money how they like, and for me, that is not on Leatherman and it certainly is not on OL.

I am dying to buy an AR-15 and an AR-10, and might just have the money for them after this tax season. Maryland almost passed a law banning them last year, and now I have this idiot writing stuff like this. Personally, I would take an AR-10 deer hunting around here because they are almost as think as varmints. It is not unusual to see 10 to 15 at a time, and we are allowed to kill every single one of them if they do not have antlers. So why not use an AR-10?

I also understand the entire "punk" shooter issue because that is about the equivalent of one of my brothers. He has the Bushmaster AR-15, the Desert Eagle 50, several other handguns, and a Benelli SBE. I took him, a law enforcement friend of ours, and my dog to a farm to practice shooting. We got to the farm and before I knew what was going on, the two of them had taken out their Glocks and proceeded to fire them as quickly as possible. My dog jumped into the car through the open window. Thank God the window was open. I am sure the farm owner didn't like that either. However, if I have to put up with that once in a while to get people interested in shooting, so be it. We have even talked about entering 3 gun tournaments, but I just haven't had the time. Now, if I could only get him to join the NRA.