By Tred Law
New Jersey – -(Ammoland.com)- The newly emerged Firearms Equality Movement is gaining more steam among manufactures and gun rights supporters alike.
The firearms industry, in reaction to the Governor of New York ramming through the NY SAFE Act which banned AR15 style rifles, has seen multiple manufactures revise their firearms sales polices to restrict LEO and Police Agencies from only buying the same level of firepower as is allowed for the average citizen of their state.
Thereby helping to make the citizens equal to police and law enforcement agencies with in the same state, and, in some part, making rouge politicians accountable for their actions trying to disarm the people.
It is important to note that the Movement is not asking industry to join a “conspiracy” but only to make their own sales policies support the right of the individual to keep and bear the same arms as all other classes of people in their respective states. The Firearms Movement is just that, a movement and not collusion, as some have suggested. In the end each and every company is free to do business as they wish.
The List of Manufactures as complied by NC Gun Blog has continued to grow and at last count (2-27-2013) included the following.
New York Boycott Participants:
- LaRue Tactical 2-8-13
- Olympic Arms 2-12-13
- Extreme Firepower Inc, LLC (Per EFI, policy is several years old)
- Templar Custom 2-13-13
- York Arms 2-13-13
- Cheaper Than Dirt 2-15-13
- Bullwater Enterprises 2-16-13
- West Fork Armory 2-16-13
- Smith Enterprise 2-17-13
- Alex Arms 2-17-13
- Spike’s Tactical 2-18-13
- Quality Arms Idaho 2-19-13
- Liberty Suppressors 2-19-13
- Doublestar Corp 2-19-13 (Includes J&T Distributing & Ace LTD)
- American Spirit Arms 2-19-13 (complete with a video!)
- Trident Armory 2-17-13 (reported to me 2-20-13)
- Head Down Products 2-20-13
- J&G Sales 2-20-13
- Barrett Firearms 2-20-13
- Exile Machine 2-20-13
- Tier One Arms 2-15-13 (reported to me 2-20-13)
- Bravo Company USA 2-20-13
- Primary Weapons Systems 2-21-13 (read my blog post on PWS)
- Crusader Weaponry 2-20-13
- Top Gun Supply 2-21-13
- Kiss Tactical 2-21-13
- Clark Fork Tactical 2-21-13
- OFA Tactical 2-17-13 (reported to me 2-21-13)
- One Source Tactical 2-21-13 (Scroll down to shipping restrictions)
- Templar Tactical Arms 2-12-13 (reported 2-21-13)
- NEMO Arms 2-21-13 (check out their photo!)
- Old Grouch’s Military Surplus 1-15-13 (NOT a typo!)
- Big Horn Armory 2-22-13
- Midway USA 2-22-13
- CMMG Inc 2-22-13
- Rocky Top Tactical 2-22-13
- Badger Peak 2-22-13
- Controlled Chaos Arms 2-22-13
- SRT Arms 2-22-13
- Norton Firearms 2-22-13
- Umlaut Industries 2-22-13
- Predator Intelligence 2-2-13 (Read comments)
- Citizen Arms 2-23-13 (At the bottom of the page)
- Evolution Weaponry 2-17-13
- Chaos Arms 2-23-13
- Warbirds Custom Guns 2-23-13 (Scroll to the bottom)
- JBTAC 2-23-13
- Stoner Arms 2-22-13
- Ammoclip (Date of policy unknown)
- 3 Rivers Precision 2-22-13
- 2A Firearms 2-22-13
- Lanco Tactical 2-22-13
- Predator Tactical 2-23-13
- Arrowhead Shooting Sports 2-23-13
- Boise Tactical 2-23-13
- Huntertown Arms 2-23-13
- Lauer Custom Weaponry 2-22-13 (PDF) (Makers of DuraCoat)
- 556 Tactical 2-23-13
- Iron Goat Guns 2-16-13
- Dead Bang Guns (Date of policy unknown)
- Southern Appalachian Arms 2-15-13
- Thunder Beast Arms (2-22-13)
- Delmarva Shooting Supply 2-23-13
- OJ’s Gun Shop 2-23-13
- OCS Guns 2-23-13
- Progressive Micro Devices (Special case, non gun manufacturer. Read my post)
- Semper Fi Arms 2-22-13
- Climags (date of policy unknown. Scroll down to “Why was my order cancelled?”)
- Southwest Shooting Authority 2-8-13
- Csspecs Magazines 2-24-13
- MFIAP 2-25-13
- Critical Survival 2-24-13
- DogLeg Arms 2-25-13
- Victory Defense Consulting 2-25-13
- GWACS Armory 2-24-13
- Allegiance Ammunition 2-22-13
- Red State Tactical 2-28-13
- Wilson Tactical 2-28-13
As of yet we have not seen the big four manufactures, Glock, Sig Saur, Smith & Wesson and Ruger, that supply the majority of police contracts, make the same policy changes. We understand they are beholden to their stock holders, but I am still hopeful that they will move to support their biggest customer of all, the American people.
I want to let hem know that I will buy all I can from any company that protects my rights, to help make up for any loss of sale they may experience by limiting police sales.
It is great to see manufactures banding together to protect the rights of their customers and hold politicians accountable for their acts disarming the American public.
As this movement evolves I would like to see this become an unsaid blanket policy that applies to all states, especially New York, New Jersey, Maryland, California and anywhere else where honest law abiding citizens need the right to keep and bear arms of equal fire power as the state the live in.
For more info and an easy tools that you can use to write firearms manufactures, encouraging them to make their own policy’s one that will hold the line for you and me, visit:
- https://www.firearmspolicy.org/take-action/industry/
- https://www.ncgunblog.com/2013/02/25/so-whats-the-new-york-boycott-strategy/
no kidding I was going to purchase a 10/22 and a glock(my first glock) have to put that on hold now,not a threat but rather a promise.
It goes deeper then gun and ammo manufactures though. I am boycotting anyone trying to take my rights and not just 2nd ammendment
@DaveGinOly – This is a movement not extortion. All of the manufacturers are quite aware by now and fully understand the impact of their actions, or lack thereof. While some of your suggestions are centered on the exact message this movement was intended to convey, your terms of delivery are more akin to the tactics used by the politicians who made the movement necessary in the first place. I understand your anger but we’re better than that, better than liberal politicians, so let’s show them the error of their ways without resorting to their cowardly methods. Support those who support… Read more »
And Heckler and Koch should be boycotted by the American people.
DHS signed a multi million dollar contract with them.
H&K are the preferred guns of European soldiers and police
Correction to previous comment: NRA-ILA needs to get on board with this movement. Their “American Rifleman” magazine CONTAINS a LOT of companies that are not on the above stated list that recognize the importance of INDIVIDUALS’ rights for collective bargaining that relate to OUR 2ND. No inference was meant to any relationship between the NRA and their advertisers. Sorry!
NRA-ILA needs to get on board with this movement. Their “American Rifleman” magazine promotes a LOT of companies that do not recognize the importance of INDIVIDUALS’ rights for collective bargaining that relate to OUR 2ND.
Thanks, Robert, for the link. I just sent the following missive: “I am an owner of a 10/22 (purchased 9/12), and love it. Looking at Ruger for additional purchases. With the current climate of gun grabs and banning going on, Ruger is on the front line of having to evaluate its role in leadership regarding a corporate stance on the support of 2nd Amendment Rights. Many companies are lining up to restrict sale of products to states/governments who are restricting 2nd Amendment freedoms. I encourage Ruger, as a key supplier to LE, to join the list. Thank you.”