![]() ![]() The use of specialty equipment within the Benchmade facility to follow these requirements, and as a supporting partner of our local police force, we obliged the request.īenchmade is a proud and unwavering supporter of both law enforcement and Second Amendment rights. Police Department had to destroy in alignment with their policies. We apologize for the confusion and concern that this post created. “Benchmade is aware of the recent post from our local Oregon City Police Department. UPDATE: Benchmade has responded to the news of their destroying guns with a statement.Īs of now, they have not addressed their liberal political support except to deny that they do it on their website. Let us know what you think in the comments. If not, will they be able to convince an angry base? If so, this will surely hurt their bottom-line as a major portion of their customer base is the firearm community. Mark Udall is an anti-gun Democrat with an F rating from the NRA And Jeff Merkley as also anti-gun. That’s not “pro-gun” but it’s not “anti-gun” either. Kurt Schrader is a gun-friendly Democrat. Ron Wyden has supported every gun control legislation he has been a part of. Martin Heinrich also supported national CCW, however, he also supports more gun control legislation and voted to ban magazines over 10 rounds in capacity and the bumpstock ban (among other gun control measures). In fact, he supports national CCW reciprocity. Kurt Schrader, although a Democrat, doesn’t seem to be anti-gun. Here’s a breakdown of Benchmade’s contributions by political party: Instead, Benchmade’s political contributions that came to light because of this issue raise some very serious questions about their political motivations.Īccording to, Benchmade Knife Company has a history of financially supporting Democrats. Again, there can be legitimate reasons to destroy firearms. The biggest evidence that Benchmade may be anti-gun is not that they agreed to help police destroy firearms. Benchmade Donates to Anti-gun Democrat Politicians Anti-gun politicians (and perhaps anti-gun companies?) are able to break these laws without recourse but average citizens go to jail. There is also a serious double standard in the application of these laws. The cutting of a shotgun’s barrel in such a way creates an NFA firearm subject to strict federal controls – without the proper licensing or paperwork, a felony has been committed. The pictures seem to show that someone cut the barrel of a shotgun shorter than 18″ prior to destroying the shotgun (if it was subsequently destroyed).Ī shotgun’s barrel may not lawfully be cut under 18 inches in length unless the person cutting the barrel is an FFL manufacturer and a Class 2 SOT -or- the person has a currently approved ATF Form 1. Some close inspection of the photos shared of Benchmade’s destruction of the firearms reveals what appears to be the commission of a felony. Oregon City Police made a subsequent post on FaceBook wherein they explained these details and asked that Benchmade not be blamed. In this case, it appears that the firearms were surrendered for destruction or ordered to be destroyed by a court order. Clearly, firearm manufacturers aren’t anti-gun. To them, helping police destroy firearms is inexcusable and clear proof that Benchmade was anti-gun.Īlthough unpopular with the mob, destroying firearms is not necessarily anti-gun.įor example, manufacturer FFLs often destroy firearms that don’t meet quality control standards. Many (most) of the angry commenters drew a hard-line. Most of the ire directed at Benchmade was due to their destruction of firearms. Presumably, this was an attempt at damage control.īased on the overwhelming majority of negative comments against Benchmade on social media and forums, a large chunk of the online firearms community had already made up their minds: they were very angry at Benchmade. Minutes later, the Oregon City Police Department deleted the post. By then, over 1,000 accounts had shared the post and almost as many had commented on it. The above image was taken a little over an hour after the post was made. ![]()
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