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by Jusme
Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:49 am
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Topic: Boycott Benchmade
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Re: Boycott Benchmade

mrvmax wrote: Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:33 am I do refrain from buying from certain companies due to their stances (Starbucks and Target are two) but it’s difficult to know what every company supports. I’ve never heard of Benchmade’s political leanings but it will influence future purchases from them. No, I’m not going to throw out the three Benchmade knives I currently own.

Whether we like it or not, firearms are routinely destroyed and it’s more the PD’s fault than the company doing it. PD’s can auction off those firearms instead of selling them but even if they couldn’t find any business to destroy them they would end up doing it themselves. The issue here is more on the police department than anything else and it reinforces why we need to be careful who we elect.

I can't speak to the condition, of the guns cut up by Benchmade, but when JCSO, and Cleburne PD combined to get rid of the guns they held from old cases, abandoned, or unclaimed stolen guns, there were very few still usable. Most had been stored for years with no maintenance, often wrapped in plastic, or simply exposed to whatever elements were present in their evidence storage. They were rusted beyond repair, had been rendered unusable, by previous owners, or were only partially assembled. This was in the early 90s and there was not a gun in the lot, that I would have wanted.
by Jusme
Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:59 am
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Re: Boycott Benchmade

Bitter Clinger wrote: Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:55 am As this thread has raised my awareness, I have decided to boycott all products from Iran and Afganistan.
Right there with ya BC! I am also actively boycotting any products made in Antarctica, since they have made no move to declare their political direction, I distrust their motivations. :biggrinjester:
by Jusme
Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:36 am
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Re: Boycott Benchmade

The Annoyed Man wrote: Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:17 pm
Bitter Clinger wrote: Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:46 pm
strogg wrote: Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:29 pm
TexasJohnBoy wrote: Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:25 am
WildBill wrote: Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:24 am
TexasJohnBoy wrote: Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:18 am
This by itself isn't anti 2a, but it brings other things about the company to light. See my previous post.

edit to add: And regardless of any of this discussion, it was a stupid PR move to have yourself photographed destroying guns as requested by the police (lawfully or otherwise) and posted to Facebook. Here conspiracy theorists -- have some material!
I understand your position. I have never owned a benchmark product. I just don't care for them, but I don't agree with calls for a boycotts such as this. :tiphat:
Full boycott is probably premature, yes. But it does shine a light on them for sure. Maybe the light will encourage them to solidify their support for the 2A a bit more.
:tiphat: to you too, sir
I agree with the sentiment. I am not going to put them on my naughty list. They're doing as their asked, and to be fair, if their stuff is high enough quality to decimate firearms, that's showing something for their quality. Just because some of them donate to the Democratic party doesn't mean anything to me. Anti-2A is not the party's only stance. Until someone with authority or clout in Benchmade come out with a truly anti-2A statement, I'm not going to think of them any differently.
:iagree: Wonder how many of our "boycott Benchmade" advocates also carry an Apple iphone?
:lol: Touché, sir! :lol:

There are SOME things I will boycott, and other things that just aren’t worth the effort to me to boycott. And some protests just make no financial sense at all. I’m not buying anything from Dicks Sporting Goods anymore, since they’re too politically correct for modern sporting rifles...PLUS, they completely shafted bulk ammo makers who manufactured large batches of “Dick’s” head-stamped ammo for them, and then didn’t take delivery on it or pay them for it....which to me is a MUCH bigger issue than their decision not to sell MSRs. I won’t buy anything at Whole Foods for obvious reasons. I don’t own any UnderArmor wear, and won’t be buying any. It’s not that I think all boycotts are ridiculous....it’s just that I think some boycotts are ridiculous tiltings at windmills.

On the other hand, I am NOT going to throw out or destroy perfectly good material possessions I already paid for and use, because of outrage about something that a company or its employees did or didn’t do.....AFTER I bought said item. That’s just dumb. Like I said in my previous post: I’m not going to trash my S&W revolvers because S&W caved on gun locks way back when; I’m not going to chop up my Ruger pistol or rifle because Bill Ruger wrote an asinine letter about magazine capacities to Congress in 1989. I’m not going to trash my Wife’s Jeep Cherokee, because Fiat decided to have a line of jeeps manufactured in China.

Will you burn or crush your Ford or Chevy pickup truck because they were manufactured by UAW labor, whose union dues support the very worst antigun politicians of the democrat party? If you will destroy your Benchmade knife (or Igloo cooler, or UnderArmor shirts), but you won’t destroy your Ford or Chevy pickup truck in protest, then you’re a hypocrite - plain and simple. How many of you went out and had your GMC trucks put in the crusher when GM became “Government Motors” in 2009 under Obama? Please put your money where your mouths are, OR.... calm down and get some perspective.

It’s EASY to say “I’ll never buy [insert widget here] because [yada yada]”, if you never owned any of those widgets in the first place, and probably weren’t ever going to anyway. That’s not really a sacrifice, and without the sacrifice, the protest is pretty empty. And it is equally empty to say, “I’d probably destroy my [widget] if I had one”. You don’t have one, so that’s just blowing smoke. You can EASILY spend upwards of $200-$300 on a Benchmade knife. Anyone who says they’d destroy that $200-$300 knife because it was made by Benchmade? I’d say, “go ahead, but give me a minute to get a lawn chair; I want to watch this.” Time for some truth. You know you wouldn’t, so just admit it and don’t pound your chest about it. It’s not a good look.

Here’s a much simpler way to manage these things - and easier to LIVE WITH too - if you’re that upset about it......don’t buy any more of the hated company’s [widgets] going forward. I buy Wrangler jeans these days, but I still own a couple favorite pairs of Levi’s - a pretty liberal company. I’m not going to burn my Levi’s just to satisfy the outrage of the day.

Easily HALF of the country right now disagrees to one extent or another with my right to keep and bear arms. If I had to preface every purchasing decision with an investigation into the political practices of a given manufacturer’s or retail outlet’s executives, I’d never buy anything at all. I don’t know for sure exactly how many knives I actually own, but it’s probably into the teens if you include the El-Cheapos. Six of my knives are what I would call “higher quality” knives. (By “higher quality”, I mean any knife which is well crafted out of good tool steel or SV30 or better stainless, and costs in excess of $100.) FIVE of those are Benchmades, and one is a Spyderco. I love the watchmaker’s quality of the Benchmade folders. I love Benchmade’s “AXIS®” system. I like the quality of their steel. I like how they open and close like they were on ball bearings, and how they make all those little clicks, like a Colt Single Action Army being cocked. I really like Benchmade knives. I’m not going to junk the ones I have over this issue.

Funny thing is, as much as I like my Benchmades, my EDC is my left-handed Spyderco Paramilitary 2 with black G-10 scales. LOL. Not because I think it’s a better knife than the Benchmades, but because it’s a really good working knife that I don’t care too much if it gets scuffed up in my pocket, being carried every day. The Benchmades are just too pretty for scuffing. But dress me up and send me to a wedding or a funeral, and I’m carrying my Benchmade 940-2, a proper gentleman’s knife.

Now, hold up while I get ready to watch all you guys burn all your stuff....
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Well said TAM as usual.
Suddenly refusing to buy something, you wouldn't buy in the first place, is not a boycott, and would have exactly zero effect, on it's intended target. Before Dick's chose it's path regarding firearms, I had never spent a penny in their stores. Not spending another penny there, is not a boycott. Their prices, prevented my patronage before, so their 2A stance, just provided me another reason not to be their customer.
I feel the same way about any business, that has not gotten my money to date. They will not be hurt, by my continued avoidance. And even those that I choose not to patronize again, Yeti, Levi's, etc, will not go broke because I didn't provide enough income to keep them afloat in the first place.
I don't know the philisophical, or political slant, of the lumberjacks, who cut the trees, used to frame my house. But I'm not going to burn it down, if I find out tomorrow, that they were radical leftwing socialists. JMHO
by Jusme
Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:28 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Boycott Benchmade
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Views: 10573

Re: Boycott Benchmade

Flightmare wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:59 am City of Oregon City's Mayor and police chief updated with their point of view.

https://www.facebook.com/ocpolice/posts ... 8148740328

From what I have read, I don't see this as anti-2a. These firearms were either requested by their owners to be destroyed, or ordered destroyed by court order.

If a person wishes to destroy their own personal property, I am not going to blame the company requested to perform the destruction. I would no more blame a demolition company being contracted to destroy a building.

As for the court order requesting firearms be destroyed; it was not Benchmade who requested firearms to destroy.


:iagree:

Benchmade simply had the equipment available, and assisted with something that was going to happen anyway. Benchmade makes good knives, and I have not heard of anything, they have said or done that is anti 2A.
Guns held in evidence that have been used in crimes, are routinely destroyed. I know those from Johnson County, used to be taken to Chaparral Steel in Midlothian, and melted. These guns were not seized by leftists, from law abiding citizens. And I'm not going to hold Benchmade responsible for assisting in this, anymore than I am the vehicle manufacturer, who provided the vehicles to transport the guns. JMHO

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