Gun University by Ryan Cleckner 2/21/2019
On Wednesday Feb 20th, 2019, the Oregon City Police department posted 3 pictures to their FaceBook page with a note thanking the Benchmade Knife Company for helping them destroy firearms but cutting guns with a bench grinder and torch.
The above image was taken a little over an hour after the post was made. By then, over 1,000 accounts had shared the post and almost as many had commented on it.
Minutes later, the Oregon City Police Department deleted the post. Presumably, this was an attempt at damage control.
However, it was too late.
Based on the overwhelming majority of negative comments against Benchmade on social media and forums, a large chunk of the online firearms community had already made up their minds: they were very angry at Benchmade.
Benchmade Destroying Firearms
Most of the ire directed at Benchmade was due to their destruction of firearms.
Many (most) of the angry commenters drew a hard-line. To them, helping police destroy firearms is inexcusable and clear proof that Benchmade was anti-gun.
Although unpopular with the mob, destroying firearms is not necessarily anti-gun.
For example, manufacturer FFLs often destroy firearms that don’t meet quality control standards. Clearly, firearm manufacturers aren’t anti-gun.
In this case, it appears that the firearms were surrendered for destruction or ordered to be destroyed by a court order. Oregon City Police made a subsequent post on FaceBook wherein they explained these details and asked that Benchmade not be blamed.
More:
https://gununiversity.com/is-benchmade-knife-company-anti-gun/
