Benchmade anti gun?

[Nowski87]

Recently there has been an Instagram post in which Benchmade in a effort to assist a leo agency in Oregon but cutting up guns slated for destruction. And of course many people are up in arms that the company is anti gun.

Now knowing what kind of guns go in for destruction it doesn’t bother me like some, but what do you guys think, or have you even heard about this?


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[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.

[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.

[Alex V]

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.

As jsbhike said, they have been giving money to democrats for some time. It took this eff up for people to start looking.

You can see their political spending habits here:
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/sum...047693&cycle=A

They F'ed themselves in the A a bit here. They were getting pounded on FB and disabled comments on their page. In time this will blow over. I bet most people already forgot that Team Wendy hosted a campaign stop for HRC and are back to buying their stuff.

Personally I hope Benchmade folds and I can get a knife or two on deep discount during their going out of business sale.

[Whiskey_Bravo]

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.

They have been giving almost exclusively to dems for a while. Also, not all of these guns were used in a crime, many were owner turn ins(not sure if that means buy back or just surrender). According to Oregon law they didn't have to destroy them. No matter what. It is terrible optics for them and they should have known that. Allowing a department to use your facility to destroy guns, take pictures, and then post it on Facebook is the height of stupidity.

[Bulletdog]

The political donations just lost them my business, but I'm going to make them continue to honor their "Life Sharp" guarantee on my existing knives.

Lots of other knife sellers that don't support the enemies of freedom.

[sgtrock82]

I almost totally despise social media but it has been useful in allowing our burgeoning population of numb skulls to endlessly skyline themselves.

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[Whiskey_Bravo]

I would imagine their social media guy is pulling his hair out right now. Their FB page is a mess. They have shut down reviews and every post they have has thousands of people deriding their decision.

[Arik]

They F'ed themselves in the A a bit here. They were getting pounded on FB and disabled comments on their page. In time this will blow over. I bet most people already forgot that Team Wendy hosted a campaign stop for HRC and are back to buying their stuff.

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No different than that mag company making drums for G3s and FALs.

[Sam]

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.