Judge Colt!!!
Subject is Rugers Mag band? I did not know about the band, could you educate me?
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Do you mean that Bill Ruger Sr. publicly supported the 1994 AW ban including the 10 round magazine limit?
Yes, he did. He testified before Congress and appeared on TV as a poster boy for the ban.0 -
i think he said No honest man needs more than 10 rounds in his gun.... 0 -
quote:Originally posted by SaxonPig
Do you mean that Bill Ruger Sr. publicly supported the 1994 AW ban including the 10 round magazine limit?
Yes, he did. He testified before Congress and appeared on TV as a poster boy for the ban.
What does AW mean????????????0 -
Assault Weapons. 0 -
I'm sorry, I thought that AW and AWB were so commonly used we all recognized the abbreviations.
AW= Assault Weapon and AWB= Assault Weapon Ban (as in the Crime Bill of 1994 that became the infamous AWB that expired in 2004 when the Republican led Congressed refused to renew it).
The people pushing for the ban desperately needed an industry leader to come out in support of the law and Bill Ruger was their man. He testified before Congress and of course the media had him all over the news since he was a leading figure in the gun industry and he supported the ban.
I don't know if this was his honest personal feeling or if he was paid off in some way.
This is why I will never buy a new Ruger. Not until the company publicly denounces the senior Ruger's actions and apologizes to gun owners.
Won't happen. So I will never give them any of my money for a new gun.0 -
quote:Originally posted by SaxonPig
Do you mean that Bill Ruger Sr. publicly supported the 1994 AW ban including the 10 round magazine limit?
Yes, he did. He testified before Congress and appeared on TV as a poster boy for the ban.
I don't recall any of that -- especially the part about him testifying before Congress.
He did make arguments (much of it prior to the 1994 ban) that a good "compromise" with those wanting to ban certain firearms was to limit magazine capacity to limit the "firepower" of any specific gun. He was actually willing to not just ban the manufacture of new high-capacity magazines, but make them illegal -- effectively turning all magazines with greater than ten-round capacity into contraband.
I think his motivation was assuring legislation wouldn't affect his company too severely.
He was a good firearm designer, but not very smart when it came to understanding the motivations of those trying to ban guns.0 -
He testified before Congress and supported the AWB.
It was on the evening news at the time.
I watched it.
This was before the Internet forums but it was greatly discussed in the print magazines.0
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