S&W latest outrage! Using a sales promotion
to create a database of gunowners!

Virginia gunowners should monitor their local
gundealers. Contact [email protected] if
you find evidence of a gundealer participating
in this scheme.

S&W Boycott bumpersticker are selling fast!
For info: http://www.vcdl.org/boycott_s&w.htm

—– Original Message —–
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 6:12 PM
Subject: NRA-ILA FAX ALERT

> NRA-ILA FAX ALERT
>
> Vol. 7, No. 30
>
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> S&W SELLOUT SAGA CONTINUES
>
> While Congress wrestles with defusing the timebomb created by the Smith &
> Wesson Sellout, the British-owned gun maker that brokered the landmark
> cave-in to anti-gun extremists continues to make news. Recent reports that
> S&W was forced to close two manufacturing plants for the month of July
> (see FAX Alert Vol. 7, No. 24) have led many to speculate that the gun
> maker is facing serious financial hardship due to the negative reaction
> from potential customers who feel S&W has been colluding with enemies of
> the Second Amendment. Perhaps in an attempt to bolster its sagging bottom
> line, S&W recently unveiled a new “Summer Savings Promotion,” offering
> customers a $50 rebate on every new S&W handgun they buy between July 15
> and August 31. To motivate the sales staff of its stocking dealers, S&W is
> dangling a $10 cash bonus for every gun they sell, and there lies the rub.
> Quoting from a S&W letter to its dealers: “Sales Personnel will need to
> keep track of their sales on the attached claim form. All requested
> information must be completed. They will also need to attach a copy of the
> ATF Form 4473 for each sale.” (Emphasis added) Fair warning — this is the
> same company that agreed to furnish the Clinton-Gore Administration “full
> access to any documents related to the acquisition and disposition of
> firearms,” as one of the terms of its surrender. Even if this promotion
> fails to revive what seems to be a company that is rapidly losing
> potential customers, the parent company is probably not too worried.
> Tomkins PLC, the British corporation that owns S&W, is looking to get rid
> of the beleaguered gun manufacturer. According to the Wall Street Journal
> Online, Tomkins’ chief executive Greg Hutchings confirmed that S&W was up
> for sale, although he said no potential buyers had been contacted.
>