I guess you pretty much summed that up quite well.

I remember when,back in the early 70s,Bangor Punta owned S&W and basically said that only police & military should have guns. There was a huge consumer revolt that really hurt S&W.

Then they got back on their feet and in 2000 signed a "deal with the devil" the Clinton/HUD deal that basically almost did them in ...again.

Wayne