True. Coming clean is THE most effective public relations strategy of all. It takes all of steam out of your critics arguements, and puts you back in control of the message.
Agreed. The process is pretty clearly taking a lot longer than NS ever hoped for - or could imagine - and when they do issue their statement, I'll certainly give them the benefit of the doubt that they were trying to the right thing but that the process simply overtook them. Getting new semi-automatic versions of automatic firearms approved for sale in this country is a really tough business. It is long, frustrating, and getting longer and more frustrating all the time. I've got no problem giving them a "Mulligan" on this.
Rather revealing that we don't actually get this, isn't it? It suggests pretty clearly to me that the information I recieved from that dealer is... unfortunately... correct. The sample isn't even in yet, and this is going to go on for some considerable time to come. I note also that not a single one of you guys is willing to even pick up the phone to call in and get the information which would contradict what I reported to you. Wouldn't it be fabulous to tell "ghostie" he is wrong and has no idea what he is talking about?
I've got the e-mail addresses for several of the people working at "Specialized Firearms Support Services" and have corresponded with some of them in the past. I'll see if I can get a comment on current T97 developments from them by e-mail and, if not, I think they would probably respond to a request from a firearms business licence holder.BTW, I'm a lawyer not a firearms business licence holder, but I am a lawyer who is on a first name basis with most of the firearms industry here in BC. If I need to check something on the FRT I'm fine with asking one of one of my industry contacts to check it for me. I'm not claiming to be some kind of all knowing firearms guru, but I do claim to have enough resources to figure out when the firearms community is being sold a bill of goods.
One other point, I believe that a T97 (or at least something that looks like one on the outside) will almost certainly come back to the Canadian market at some point. When I was working on T97A in 2010-11, I got to know Chris Youngson (CanadaAMMO) pretty well. There was a period of time there where I probably spent more time with Chris, Travis Bader, Blair Hagan, Sheldon Clare, Sean Penney, and a host of others - either in person or through phone or e-mail - than I did with my own family. And through that experience I leaned that nobody has more passion for this T97 issue, or has put more into it, than Chris. The guy has practically made it his life's mission to make this T97 thing happen! If says he is eventually bringing a Canada legal version to maket (which he does), I believe him.
If NS is bringing their considerable resources into making a civi T97 happen, then that is awesome, Awesome, AWESOME! My only concern with NS is the manner in which they communicated with the dealers and with the public on this issue - convicing about 99% of the public... and at least some of the dealers... that a new non-restricted T97 either is, or is on the cusp of being, approved... and the firearms will be in stores this Spring. It's dealers and industry people that have since learned that this isn't true. I'm just the messager. If you guys want to shoot the messager because you don't like the message, go ahead. I'm fine with that. I've had to develop a tough hide in my day job. this little bit of snickering and jabbing online is nothing. It's actually pretty entertaining so far. I like the passion that most of you guys have for the T97!
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