Trijicon: No more Bible references on rifle scopes

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Source: marine corps times

A company under fire for etching biblical reference on rifle scopes used by the U.S. military said Thursday it will stop the practice, and has offered to provide modification kits to the Pentagon to enable their removal on existing optics.

“Trijicon has proudly served the U.S. military for more than two decades, and our decision to offer to voluntarily remove these references is both prudent and appropriate,” Trijicon president Stephen Bindon said in a statement. “We want to thank the Department of Defense for the opportunity to work with them and will move as quickly as possible to provide the modification kits for deployment overseas.”

Trijicon also said it will remove the inscriptions from all products it has made for the military, but not yet shipped, and that it will provide foreign military services that purchased Trijicon products the same options. The company statement was released through Levick Strategic Communications, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that specializes in crisis management.

Company officials said Monday in a report on ABC News’ “Nightline” news program that it included coded references to Bible passages on its products, including optics used by U.S. troops currently in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a statement released Tuesday, the company said it adopted the practice “as part of our faith and our belief in service to country.”

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