tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post4876318652360768120..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: I Thought We Were Partners In The Fight For The Second Amendment (Updated)John Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-65982087320600549542017-02-14T07:13:30.928-05:002017-02-14T07:13:30.928-05:00Exceptional information and a great response by Mi...Exceptional information and a great response by Microtech. I imagine that the sign may have been more an individual effort than an actual corporate decision.<br /><br />In any case, good job all around.<br />Pouncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11532687472349900172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-63769823450782537862017-02-13T12:18:15.992-05:002017-02-13T12:18:15.992-05:00Could simply be an issue with their corporate insu...Could simply be an issue with their corporate insurance or policy of their lease on the building. There is nothing to get all upset about unless you have all the details. Yes it is interesting to see, but I would be more interesting to have a discussion if we are aware of all the facts. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476698215962712114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-60726453727731087582017-02-13T12:15:05.613-05:002017-02-13T12:15:05.613-05:00Considering that Congress defunded ATFE from resto...Considering that Congress defunded ATFE from restoring 2A rights to felons decades ago, I'd have to say that after the receiver is technically a firearm, a felon touching it will be risking the 5 years in fed pen for every single one. Any firearms manufacturer doing this deliberately is one who wants to go out of business in a very public bang, taking as much of the industry down with them as possible.armoredmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699066520188978959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-8830137627721046892017-02-13T11:50:24.280-05:002017-02-13T11:50:24.280-05:00Microtech is very supportive of the individual rig...Microtech is very supportive of the individual right to keep and bear arms. To us, this means that individuals have the right to possess and carry weapons in case of a confrontation.<br />We view this as a fundamental and inalienable right with which all are created. We also recognize that “arms” within the scope and meaning of the right encompasses anything an individual wears for his or her “ defence, or takes into his hands, or useth in wrath to cast at or strike another” ; within the words of Heller.<br /> Essentially everyone at Microtech is armed all the time. Everybody has a knife. We make the best edged arms in the class. We also have a “Proprietary Armed Security Force” on premises. Our employees and friends know us as avid owners and users of firearms.<br /> The Microtech facility is not a place open to the public. We do, as a part of our security program, reserve the right to ask that visitors with whom we have no experience or familiarity not bring firearms into the secured spaces. We do not “post against carry” and certainly do not discourage people from exercising their rights.<br /> Dan Lawson, General Counsel, Microtech Knives, Inc.<br /> <br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11712031802956224374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-26510056748397253412017-02-13T11:49:43.995-05:002017-02-13T11:49:43.995-05:00Microtech is very supportive of the individual rig...Microtech is very supportive of the individual right to keep and bear arms. To us, this means that individuals have the right to possess and carry weapons in case of a confrontation.<br />We view this as a fundamental and inalienable right with which all are created. We also recognize that “arms” within the scope and meaning of the right encompasses anything an individual wears for his or her “ defence, or takes into his hands, or useth in wrath to cast at or strike another” ; within the words of Heller.<br /> Essentially everyone at Microtech is armed all the time. Everybody has a knife. We make the best edged arms in the class. We also have a “Proprietary Armed Security Force” on premises. Our employees and friends know us as avid owners and users of firearms.<br /> The Microtech facility is not a place open to the public. We do, as a part of our security program, reserve the right to ask that visitors with whom we have no experience or familiarity not bring firearms into the secured spaces. We do not “post against carry” and certainly do not discourage people from exercising their rights.<br /> Dan Lawson, General Counsel, Microtech Knives, Inc.<br /> <br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11712031802956224374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-78989286181654449512017-02-13T11:27:58.061-05:002017-02-13T11:27:58.061-05:00I find it telling that an anonymous poster can exc...I find it telling that an anonymous poster can excuse such behavior TotChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17470951451040674182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-82080210258810831052017-02-13T08:55:23.716-05:002017-02-13T08:55:23.716-05:00Also, as brought up in another discussion on Faceb...Also, as brought up in another discussion on Facebook regarding this company, there's also the possibility it's required by their insurance company.<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/oleg.volk/posts/790030207293 (visible without an account, but they put an annoying sign up or log in banner over it that's kind of a pain to read around)<br /><br />I don't know if they're anti-RKBA or constrained by external circumstances, and without access to their business paperwork I don't think it can really be determined which is the case.Nohbodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-78657905989737975742017-02-13T07:53:59.356-05:002017-02-13T07:53:59.356-05:00Thanks for the heads up, Oleg. Now there only &quo...Thanks for the heads up, Oleg. Now there only "used to be" an ad poster for Soundgear on the wall in my departments' union house.Plethorayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10916090822365387328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-45778029911745132552017-02-13T07:50:51.281-05:002017-02-13T07:50:51.281-05:00"due to Microtech's own decision" ....."due to Microtech's own decision" ..... where they locate their business.<br /><br />"Overblown and private property" ..... Thanks, I'll spend my private funds elsewhere.<br /><br />Plethorayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10916090822365387328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-81995912021196921602017-02-13T07:49:55.289-05:002017-02-13T07:49:55.289-05:00I don't know whether you are exaggerating or n...I don't know whether you are exaggerating or not but it would seem having felons, rehabbed or not, in contact with firearms would be of dubious legality.John Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-62557297806640570962017-02-13T07:04:44.514-05:002017-02-13T07:04:44.514-05:00That is an interesting question and I don't kn...That is an interesting question and I don't know. I'll try to run by the industrial park on my way home from work today.John Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-49357746904444879632017-02-13T07:02:59.198-05:002017-02-13T07:02:59.198-05:00I used to work for Bula Defense in their forging d...I used to work for Bula Defense in their forging dept. and they have a very strict no guns policy on all of their property. It was one of the many reasons I left. Aside from them cheating employees out of pay, and other shady dealings. They are a firearms manufacturer that predominantly hires felons so they don't have to pay prevailing wages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-62019992728634231082017-02-13T01:17:47.604-05:002017-02-13T01:17:47.604-05:00No more purchases from them. Ever.No more purchases from them. Ever.Steve Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338603967625191385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-50640817729495268182017-02-13T00:50:33.819-05:002017-02-13T00:50:33.819-05:00Umm, The Ruger Factories do not even let their emp...Umm, The Ruger Factories do not even let their employees carry guns into work, so I do not see the problem here. Overblown and private property. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-44463681730203144522017-02-13T00:01:21.345-05:002017-02-13T00:01:21.345-05:00Are there similar signs elsewhere in the industria...Are there similar signs elsewhere in the industrial park, for other companies located there? I live nowhere near there so I can't look, but I can't help but wonder if the prohibition is there because of the terms of the lease or due to Microtech's own decision.Nohbodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-43402273875990634702017-02-12T22:31:42.299-05:002017-02-12T22:31:42.299-05:00In a world with dozens to hundreds of choices, why...In a world with dozens to hundreds of choices, why would you defecate in your mess kit then eat?Precision270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-32144914331798987772017-02-12T22:29:29.869-05:002017-02-12T22:29:29.869-05:00Good, let them get over run with Chinese copies of...Good, let them get over run with Chinese copies of their knives all over Amazon and Gearbest. Screw em. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-43889874583047613162017-02-12T22:03:19.642-05:002017-02-12T22:03:19.642-05:00Any knife manufacturer or dealer posting against l...Any knife manufacturer or dealer posting against legal carry is no friend of the 2A and rides on the coat tails of those that struggle to defend the 2A.<br />hsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355254552066670247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-11120446367243088062017-02-12T21:12:23.975-05:002017-02-12T21:12:23.975-05:00Soundgear, the maker of molded active ear plugs, i...Soundgear, the maker of molded active ear plugs, is also posted. That ended my interest in cooperating with them.Oleg Volkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547911680603650247noreply@blogger.com