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yallerdawg

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Thu Aug 4, 2016, 09:59 AM Aug 2016

One of America's biggest gunmakers spent its earnings call bashing Hillary Clinton...

and said it plans to donate millions to the NRA

Hillary and the Democratic Party have taken a stand. In November, this is an issue!

Business Insider, Bob Bryan

One of America's biggest gunmakers is joining the 2016 political fray.

Michael Fifer, CEO of Sturm, Ruger & Co., took a strong political stance on Wednesday during the company's earnings call.

In addition to advocating support for the Second Amendment, Fifer also pledged large donations to the National Rifle Association, said the company will urge customers to call their congressional representatives, discussed the composition of the Supreme Court, and attacked Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.


Here's Fifer (emphasis ours):

"I don't think have any way of measuring the political impact or certainly not assigning it to any one politician's comments, but certainly this is a unique time in our history because for the very first time ever, we have the nominee of a major political party, one with a very reasonable likelihood of winning the presidency, overtly stating that the Supreme Court got it wrong in the Heller case and actively campaigning against the lawful Commerce in Arms. That's unprecedented, and it will be hard for any of us to believe that didn't have some impact, but it can't be measured."

http://www.businessinsider.com/sturm-ruger-on-the-nra-hillary-clinton-and-election-2016-8

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One of America's biggest gunmakers spent its earnings call bashing Hillary Clinton... (Original Post) yallerdawg Aug 2016 OP
Stupid. Hillary will be good for gun owners hack89 Aug 2016 #1
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