Images of citizens dressed like soldiers – wearing bulletproof vests, ballistic helmets and combat boots – have been thrust into the spotlight following the U.S. Capitol riot Jan. 6 and civil unrest in the streets of America last summer.
Now companies that manufacture and sell military-grade gear face an ethics quandary: Business may be booming, but at what cost? Some say it’s out of their hands. Others are trying to distance themselves from the extremists.
“Many of these people aren’t serious about buying duty gear, they’re doing it for show and don’t represent the body armor community in any way,” said Nick Groat, CEO of Safe Life Defense, whose company has been accused of serving up ads to extremists on Facebook.
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January 19, 2021 (Ammoland.com) –On the eve of a Presidential inauguration that will take place behind unprecedented security after our Nation’s Capital Building was attacked by a small band of violent and destructive rioters, several leaders with the gun rights movement, feel it is important to make this clear.
Since the incursion that temporarily interrupted the certification of the Presidential Election on January 6th, some journalists, media pundits, anti-gun activists and even a small number of elected officials have attempted to tie the Gun Rights Movement to the reprehensible acts that lead to deaths that day and fear of further violence this week. These claims are unfounded.
the shooter in el paso. what kind of laws would have made a difference in the mass shootings. well, i think, erin we have to look at all possibilities along the way. i mean, you know auchlds there is great discussion about red flag laws this isn t that controversial. even indiana passed that. but as not only as as even a gun owner, i think certainly we have to look at the vast majority of gun owners think we should have universal background checks. he should have the red flag laws. we don t even use assault weapons aren t used for hunting or self-defense. big chains like sporting good chains stopped selling them. we should stop that as well. you re not solving everything. but if we ever look at this as a public health issue, not political issue i think we could make gains. but unfortunately the nra, an organization that when i was young used to be about gun safety and hunting is now nothing more than a dark money organization used that uses
political commentator rick santorum and scott ridgel from virginia. congressman, let me start with you. you think mitch mcconnell is not on the right side here in terms of not moving anything forward. mitch mcconnell is consistently opposed anything that makes sense. and i m convinced he is the leading opponent to any type of rational legislation. the president himself has given himself a little bit of room with the red flag laws. and i think that that s going to make some sense. only 14 states have red flag laws. sadlymy state of virginia is not among them. i m convinced that s common ground. even that common ground may not make it through mitch mcconnell s senate. what s the reason he just says no? is it personal belief? he doesn t think there should be anything. my own experience with the nra is this. i proposed in 2013 some very benign legislation with respect to gun traffickers and straw
and it s spending hundreds of millions of dollars to both scare people and also then use guns as the dividing point. and that s you know, it s so unfortunate, because we all want to keep our families and communities safe. but it s not a it s not a gun safety or even just a second amendment organization. it s one that does nothing more than tries to use this to drive a wedge for politics. and i think that we as a country are better than that. the president, you know, obviously the shooter in el paso echoed some of the president s words in his manifesto. he wanted to stop a hispanic invasion of texas. invasion is a word the president of the united states used repeatedly when talking about immigration. now he fights back against the whether his rhetoric had anything to do with the atmosphere we have now. ed yesterday he rejected hate speech. he did regent racism. he did the no talk about his own