Benchmade anti gun?

I have three BM knives and will continue to use and own them.

My next knife purchase will be an Al Mar, just because their chairman Gary Fadden is an awesome guy.

Well as a Benchmade customer this is disheartening to say the least. I daily carry a Benchmade automatic knife, and prior to hearing this I would have easily recommended their knives to others.

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Originally Posted by jsbhike

They have been funding anti-gun politicians for several years now so not just the 1 thing.

https://gununiversity.com/is-benchma...pany-anti-gun/

They just got exposed thanks to their PD friends.

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This I was not aware of.


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Originally Posted by T2C

If firearms used in crimes are ordered destroyed by the courts, someone has to do it. Unless Benchmade donates money to politicians who are the enemy of the Second Amendment or makes anti-firearm political statements, I will continue to purchase their products.

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The “someone has to do it” as justification needs some re-examining.

Eh, Tim Leatherman endorsed Kerry/Edwards, but I still buy his tools cause they're some of the best. With Benchmade, there's a lot more options in the knife realm and Emerson gets my business for folders in that ~$150-200 price range.

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Originally Posted by Nowski87

This I was not aware of.


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No idea on any of it till this morning either. Saw the cutting mentioned on another forum. Did a search and the article on their other activities came up which I almost started a thread on here, but didn't.

Lol social media is melting down over this


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This is disappointing, although not entirely unexpected. Shitting on the 2A and gun owners is the new hotness.

I've been carrying Benchmade for years and was thinking of getting a Mini Auto Stryker in the near future, but now I guess I'll just spend that money on hookers, blow, and 45Colt.

Imma go have a moment of silence and a shot of Vodka in remembrance of that poor SKS. Farewell Comrade!

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Originally Posted by fledge

The “someone has to do it” as justification needs some re-examining.

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Very much so.

Posted here before that the .gov vs. private citizen firearms sales is 30%-40% vs. 70%-60% so it never had made sense to me why the former gets fawned over by most firearms businesses. I would guess an even higher percentage of Benchmade's business is the unwashed masses based on their attempt to keep their real allegiance concealed.

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Originally Posted by kerplode

This is disappointing, although not entirely unexpected. Shitting on the 2A and gun owners is the new hotness.

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Unfortunately it isn't new. Prior to fall 2001, firearms business was 80% private/20% .gov and I was under no illusion about who the preferred customers were in most of the industry back then either.