From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Jul 06 2004 - 10:37:26 PDT
At 12:27 PM -0500 7/6/04, J Travis wrote:
>Ah, now THIS subject I have some first hand experience with, as I
>used to work at Barrett in Murfreesboro. They actually make a
>number of different models, [snip]
>too fond of the right of individuals to speak out about their right
>to keep and bear arms either, unless he's making a fortune off a
>government contract in the process. It's a good weapon, and I
>learned how to parkerize weapons there, but in all, I still wouldn't
>support the man's business after the experience I had there, on
>principle.
Hmm it sounds like he was being exceedingly gunshy of the press at
the time. I don't blame him actually. The fact that they still sell
to civilians is a plus I think. I've seen similar things from
re-enactors and the press. They're not against the hobby, just
nervouce of how it can be painted.
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