https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/05/john-boch/springfield-armory-rock-river-arms-made-campaign-contributions-to-anti-gun-rights-politicians/

 

The plot thickens.

To add to it, apparently IFMA has been making large donations to anti gun candidates for some time. 

 

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/05/john-boch/springfield-armory-rock-river-arms-made-campaign-contributions-to-anti-gun-rights-politicians/

 

So best possible spin is that they hired a big D lobbyist to interface with the D's in their state legislature in order ot be able to do business in IL, and to obscure their interactions with them to avoid pissing off their customer base. However, that process went horribly wrong. 

Or they are just lining their own pockets and screwing us. 

either way they're screwing us, well Illinois directly and everyone else in the ripple effect that will no doubt happen 

Not passing the smell test.

yea. as more info about this floater comes to light, the smell gets worse for SA & RRA.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/05/john-boch/editorial-what-did-springfield-armory-and-rock-river-arms-know-and-when-did-they-know-it/

 

It gets worse for them. They were contacted prior to this and asked if what their lobbyist was saying meant they were going to back the bill or not. 

As for some of their press releases, they say they didn't know about the donations to anti gunners. At least $10k of that came from the CEO of SA directly and is in the reocrd of donations. 

 

the timing of this email seems funny:

I emailed back and politely said the biggest threat to gun rights in IL was SA themselves

1 hour ago, SuRrEaLNJ said:

the timing of this email seems funny:

I emailed back and politely said the biggest threat to gun rights in IL was SA themselves

Got the very same email and was just about to post it, but I believe mine came directly from SA.

Another reason to buy Glock.

This was a smoke-filled back room deal that took on a life of its own.  I wonder how many other deals like this have been struck and haven't spun out of control? 

Dunt dunt dah dah.