Utah gun maker turns down $50m government contract
Paul sent us a link the other day about Desert Tactical Arms which turned down a $50 million government contract because the weapons the government wanted to buy were going to Pakistan, and the owners say that they couldn’t, in good conscience, sell the weapons to a country which hasn’t proven themselves to be the best allies in recent years. From ABC News;
The company, based in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City, was founded in 2007 on the principle of keeping America and its allies safe, he added.
“As a business owner you always want to be successful, but I think ethically and morally you want to go about it the right way and stick behind your founding principles,” Davis told KSL.
Weapons sales to allies such as Pakistan are nothing new but they can be complicated, especially in a country with an al-Qaida presence. The U.S. often targets al-Qaida, Taliban and their Pakistani supporters in the country’s tribal regions.
“I’ve got to admire Desert Tech for potentially turning down what could have been a very lucrative contract in the interest of protecting American service members,” said Col. Steven R. Watt of the Utah National Guard.
The owners were on Fox & Friends this morning.
I guess what bothers me most is that the government will buy the weapons from someone eventually, and eventually those weapons might be pointed at our troops. But that probably doesn’t bother the “Fast & Furious” Administration.
Category: Terror War
You’re telling me fucking Pakistan can’t spend $50 mil for small arms?
Can buy submarines: http://www.defensenews.com/article/20110314/DEFFEAT04/103140315/Pakistan-Deal-Buy-Chinese-Subs-Report
No telling just how much the bad guys are willing to pay the bureaucrats and/or elected officials who are willing to OK the overseas sale of arms.
Meanwhile, these guys will sleep well knowing that they not only did not contribute to the problem but exposed it. Good on ’em.
$50 million? That’s a tough one. In fact, sold! Just say’in..
I remember reading somewhere that SGT Dakota Meyer had an opinion on a contractor sending optics to pakistan.
Desert Tech makes some great rifles. Also the deal was for $15 million not 50.
Pretty much shitcans the libtard argument about “gun makers want violence so they can make money!”
I guess that bullshit makes some kind of sense if you abandon all reason, and already believed in fairies and unicorns, and were a colossal fucking idiot to boot (VWPussy comes to mind). I swear if I had a dollar for every time I heard that retarded argument, I’d be a wealthy man.
Anyway, it’s nice to see somebody calling out the Glorious Leader on his bullshit. The Obama admin will buy lots of guns for a repressive 3rd-world dictatorship with a well-documented history if human rights violations and supporting terrorists, yet has been doing their damnedest to disarm the law-abiding American citizenry, all in the name of “peace, safety, and harmony.” Riiiiight…
F*ck Pakistan and their corrupt-ass, terror-exporting leadership. They belong on the other ends of those sniper rifles.