Guns used in crimes, ordered destroyed by court, whats the gripe?
From Oregon City Police Facebook page:
Good evening,
We understand some of our followers are upset with Benchmade knives because of a recent post we put out. The post did not give everyone the full story on why the guns were required to be destroyed.
We receive guns that are turned in from community members that they no longer want the guns and want them destroyed. We also have guns that are evidence and when a case is adjudicated the guns are ordered by the court to be destroyed.
These guns were required to be destroyed. We reached out to Benchmade to do us a favor at our request. Benchmade is a strong supporter of law enforcement and the Oregon City community. We were present when the guns were cut and we took them for final destruction.
We apologize for not informing everyone on the initial post. Benchmade is an excellent company and we urge everyone that had said they no longer support Benchmade to reconsider once they have all the information. Again, we apologize for not informing everyone with our recent post.
Respectfully,
Chief Jim Band and Mayor Dan Holladay
Wow i missed all that till you just said that and i looked above. I will never buy another benchmade product. Not that i was a huge spender for their stuff anyways but im still dollars that add with other peoples dollars. And now theyre gone forever. Nope this wont end well for them. Sure youll always have the loyal fan boys that will keep buying even if a company started eating children, but the real $$ that keeps companies going is from the random consumer not the die hard ones.Dang got beat to posting the Open Secrets stuff, Instagram is blowing up about this right now. This will not end particularly well for benchmade.
Why would a company not want to be a good corporate citizen, and help their local PD with something that they have.... the tools and expertise.
While I will admit that the optics of this looks terrible, and I question Benchmade's lack of judgment in not recognizing the negative outcome, I find it a bit alarming that the same people that claim to bleed PD blue and love to shout “fake news!” are taking advantage of this because it fits their narrative (political motivations).... it's no different than the "Fake News" jumping to conclusions before the facts have been determined.......It’s honestly embarrassing.
Police departments all over this country destroy firearms all of the time for various reasons if they can’t be resold. Why would a company not want to be a good corporate citizen, and help their local PD with something that they have.... the tools and expertise.
Benchmade's mistake was not knowing that a portion of their customer base is incapable of gathering the facts or reserving judgment until more info (facts) came out. Also, Benchmade did not realize/recognize that regardless of one's personal political views or beliefs, that if an issue is close (important) to that person like 2A, the reaction and negativity will be the same.
This makes no more sense than cutting up ratchet wrenches that were used in a chop shop. That 3/4" is no good...must be destroyed...
****em. No way in hell would i cut up a gun. I support the police too but i do not support police destroying ANY guns. I do not support the police confiscating guns from legal citizens including buy backs. I do not support the police keeping guns they seize. I support the police auctioning guns off to the public.
Benchmade got caught with their hand in the cookie jar.