Tom clarified, I think I'll trust him over the media any day of the week. Whether AI decides to take legal action against them, well that is neither cheap nor rapid to happen, as well as I would highly doubt they would let that cat out of the bag before the filing anyhow. I would absolutely not relate them not filing for them hiding anything, would even say the same thing a year from now.
When I first came to the Hide seven years ago, we had a ton of industry reps active on here. We had inside scoop on upcoming products, delivery status, product support, etc, and life was pretty damn good. One by one, they keep getting run off because a select few take issue with one thing or another, take things to a personal level, bad mouth not only their company but also them personally, and it's almost always petty bullshit like pricing, delivery, or a minor defect that even though they were taken care of, often above and beyond what was required by the company, they still try to take them to task on it. Nightforce, KAC, Surefire, GAP, DT, Vortex, S&B, AAC, PH, Hensoldt, all have had reps quit posting on here over the years because of drama. This one is certainly seeming like it's going in that direction as well. For full disclosure, the only thing AI in my inventory are a few magazines like most everyone else here, I'm on a R700 action, SWFA scope and SMK budget of late.
I'm a staunch supporter of the 2A, traditionalist believer in it where I feel civilians should have the right to all weaponry including anything you would find in any infantry division; mortars, tanks, artillery and AT missiles inclusive. And I also personally feel bump stocks are fucking stupid, right up there with chrome lined pencil barrels and >7# "combat" triggers. They're some serious TAPCO level bullshit that does little more than cause inexperienced and overzealous shooters impact beyond their backstop into whatever neighborhood may be beyond their Bobcat dug berm, all just to see how fast they can dump their Wolf ammo in the general direction of a paper plate stapled to a 2x4 post. Does that mean I think they should be banned? Of course not, but a reporter would be fast as hell to take that as "Marine Sniper ______ _______ stated 'Bump stocks are f---ing stupid.' last week on a popular shooting forum, further showing even shooters support banning those items." Reporters have less ethics than an ambulance chasing lawyer, biased to their agenda through and through, that's a fact and everyone here knows that.
Some of you are completely falling for the epitome of Fake News, head over heels stumbling over one another to burn the wrong witch.
