WOW-Ruger is taking it on the chin

[gregintenn]

When I hear Ruger mentioned anywhere it makes me think of the mini-14. When I think of the mini-14 it makes me think of that 80's TV show "The A-team". When I think of the A-team it makes me chuckle. Therefore when I hear the name Ruger it makes me chuckle.

I loved that show. Years later, I finally got around to getting a mini 14 for myself, I discovered why they shot so much and hit so little on that show.

 

[RGVshooter]

The 1986 Miami shootout involved a Ruger mini 14, but I don't remember the news media back then making a stink about the brand/make/style of firearms used like they do today...

What I find most concerning is mainstream news media failed to mention the fact that the nut job shooting up the church was stopped by good guy with a gun, who happened to be (verified by the NRA) as a NRA member & former instructor. They seemed so focused on "Guns" instead of the real issue of the USAF not sharing this guys criminal history with the FBI data base that would have legally prevented him from owning/buying firearms.

 

[vt_shooter]

Not once did we read the name of the manufacturer of the rental truck used in NYC to run-over people a couple weeks ago.

 

[LostintheOzone]

Until almost two years ago I was a true News junkie ( Fox ) was on almost all day. When we moved rural and ditched the cabel bill ( not missed ) . I still like the news but don't have the overload. So I don't get the views as much of the imbicile bobble heads.

Same here. Cut the dish about 5 years ago. No cable either. Very slow DSL is all we have. Big screen is dark about 90% of the time. We pay for the streaming we want and that doesn't include any news. I can get all the news I want from the internet and select what news that is, which isn't much. If I don't like the source I just don't go there.

Makes my life very simple.

 

[LostintheOzone]

To Hell with what the deranged sicko madman used. I want to know what the hero, former NRA instructor Stephen Willeford, used to stop the carnage.

He didn't say so it wasn't important to him. He probably could have taken the guy out with a Garand and irons.

 

[Walkingwolf]

The only people who care what brand, and type the gun is are not people who buy guns anyway. I doubt it has any affect on Ruger's market share, it may even increase sales.

 

[fiasconva]

Since the media is so knowledgeable about firearms and I'm sure they just wanted to show us all their expertise.

 

[meaneyedcatz]

The Anti-gunners will do anything necessary to achieve their goals. In certain respects they are much more savvy in getting what they want then we are - because we think on the straight and narrow, while they think outside the box. Anti-gunners are ruthless, shameless and bold and unless we fight back with equal tactics we are doomed. We can hope, wish and ignore, but it will happen!

This is why I always push any gun owner I know to join the NRA. Certainly NOT a perfect Organization but it's about all we have. I laugh when gun owners "find" a reason that pisses them off enough not to join but in the long run they are only hurting us and themselves.

These days the 2nd amendment and the Federal law means less than public opinion. Just look how the Left does NOT obey laws now! They ONLY obey the ones they like. Honest law abiding gun owners are many times not able to think like a Radical - that's why they constantly advance their cause.

They will do anything, true.

Have you ever noticed the left (concerning anything) never obtain their goals with intelligent discussion or ideas? Every goal they ever won has been obtained through bullying, intimidation and lies.

Thanks for the reminder, I need to renew my NRA

 

[TX-Dennis]

When I hear Ruger mentioned anywhere it makes me think of the mini-14. When I think of the mini-14 it makes me think of that 80's TV show "The A-team". When I think of the A-team it makes me chuckle. Therefore when I hear the name Ruger it makes me chuckle.

I remember enjoying that show. They sure were terrible shots, though. They fired thousands of rounds in every show, but never hit anyone.

 

[Cardboard_killer]

I remember enjoying that show. They sure were terrible shots, though. They fired thousands of rounds in every show, but never hit anyone.

They always made the shots they had to make--to cut a wire, blow up an ammo dump, etc..

 

[Cardboard_killer]

Every goal they ever won has been obtained through bullying, intimidation and lies.

Please give us some examples.

 

[Jack Flash]

The reason that occurred to me first is that people unknowledgeable of firearms generally might not be aware of where model name stops and brand name begins.

Just a thought.

That's probably it. Years ago when I lived in St. Louis, there was a shooting at a court house. The shooter used a revolver the media described as "a Taurus Brazil" handgun. They saw "Taurus" on one side of the barrel and "Brazil" on the other so they thought that was its Make / Model.

 

[Big Cholla]

Deliberate Marketing

For the simpletons it sounds like Luger. Add Assault Rifle and we get a home run.

Bill Ruger legally changed his original Polish last name to "Ruger" deliberately because of it sounding like "Luger" as a marketing ploy to give his design of a .22 LR handgun more name recognition. This was before he and Strum publicly formed their firearm manufacturing company. So, there are unintended consequences to marketing ploys. .....

 

[DeathGrip]

I didn't know about the family name change. Every time I say Ruger to an uninformed they come back with Luger. I couldn't tell you how many times. Thanks for the education.

 

[gregintenn]

I remember enjoying that show. They sure were terrible shots, though. They fired thousands of rounds in every show, but never hit anyone.

In case you've never fired a mini 14, that is actually a pretty accurate portrayal of the rifle.

 

[Rivoak01]

Not once did we read the name of the manufacturer of the rental truck used in NYC to run-over people a couple weeks ago.

It was a Home Depot high-power assault truck loaded with magazines in the back. It is also a reason for more gun control because the media is reporting the the airsoft was actually driving the truck.


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[TTSH]

I didn't know about the family name change. Every time I say Ruger to an uninformed they come back with Luger. I couldn't tell you how many times. Thanks for the education.

Methinks you are being goofed on here. Bill Ruger was not Polish, he was German... and the name Ruger goes way back in Germany, at least hundreds of years. If old Bill has Polish roots somewhere hidden way back in his family tree, it's going to take some serious research to find them.

 

[Bat Guano]

Similarly, a news junkie--but I have increasingly restricted my caloric intake. As of the last election I hadn't watched anything on TV for years, except for Fox news. Halfway through the electoral process I just quit wasting an hour every day and quit cold turkey. I picked up the slack with the internet, and now I'm down to scanning lucianne.com for anything of interest, and then going over to the Instapundit blog. After two cups of coffee I'm done.

Frankly being a history buff gives me way more insight as to what's going on (and what might happen next) than the blathering heads anyway.

 

[bgrone]

It was a Home Depot high-power assault truck loaded with magazines in the back. It is also a reason for more gun control because the media is reporting the the airsoft was actually driving the truck.


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They didn't mention but I presume the truck was an automatic. So will we have a ban on fully automatic trucks? And what about fuel capacity?


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[7tenz]

....it seems that every weapon used to commit murder is an S&W. I think they rake the files for crimes that involve S&Ws.

And show a picture of a Glock....

 

[7tenz]

We should BAN Toyota Pick-up Trucks since the Terrorist in NYC used one to mow down 8 people and injure more. They are very dangerous you know. Not Fords or Chevy's - just Toyota's since they make people do these things.

Pathetic reporting!!!

Get rid of the Toyota pickups in the Middle East and there will be peace on earth forever.

 

[Watchdog]

Not once did we read the name of the manufacturer of the rental truck used in NYC to run-over people a couple weeks ago.

If you really need to know, all you have to do is look at the many published photographs of the truck.

It's a Ford F250, a Home Depot rental truck with Home Depot's logo on the doors and tailgate.

Far as I'm concerned, it's totally irrelevant.

 

[dben002]

Heck, CNN's story has changed a dozen times. First they didn't mention the good guy. Then they claimed he "scared" the shooter off. Then they claimed that the "autopsy shows" but then the sheriff said there was no autopsy yet so CNN had to change the story again. They have trouble acknowledging that a law-abiding citizen, not a SUPER cop, shot and stopped an ongoing murder spree. At this point they are claiming that the shooter suicided but the good guy says he shot him 3 times - once to the neck-head region. We'll see once the facts are actually in but at this point all the lame-stream media have gotten it wrong in serial fashion and the theme of their errors is oddly anti-good guy with a gun effectively intervening........

I would not trust CNN to tell me the day of the week, the time of day, or the temperature.

 

[BigBoy99]

Also, there is very little press about the civilian hero who stopped the killer's psychotic, murderous rampage, by using the hero's own personal firearm.

There was a "talking head" which mentioned the person who used his own gun to stop the shooter. His final comment was, "statistics show that a person owning a gun is most likely to be killed by that gun."

 

[Watchdog]

We should BAN Toyota Pick-up Trucks since the Terrorist in NYC used one to mow down 8 people and injure more. They are very dangerous you know. Not Fords or Chevy's - just Toyota's since they make people do these things.

Pathetic reporting!!!

It was not a Toyota.

 

[daniel lawecki]

Well with Ruger taking it on the chin. It was my duty to buy one of their AR. I didn't need another one but made in America by Americans in South Carolina.

 

[lrrifleman]

Is not a Ruger a Japanese Luger?

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. The media bias is getting out of control, making the "news" fit their agenda. The facts have no bearing on the "news"!

 

[Rule3]

Well with Ruger taking it on the chin. It was my duty to buy one of their AR. I didn't need another one but made in America by Americans in South Carolina.

Is not a Ruger a Japanese Luger?

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. The media bias is getting out of control, making the "news" fit their agenda. The facts have no bearing on the "news"!

I do believe that the Ruger AR's are made in NORTH Carolina. Thy set up in textile factories that had gone under and brought work back to the area.

The Ruger Standard, MK 1 and MK2 design is kinda based on the form of the Japanese Nambu with just a tad more quality.

 

[daniel lawecki]

Thanks yo are right my bad.

 

[Jessie]

I don't think it hurt the Bulldog much.
The company may have, ( which has rebounded), but not its history.