My point was that we’re not going to be erecting statues, having cake, or declaring it “AU day” here. They’re making money, and that’s more than enough.
I certainly don’t think you’re an AU or B&T shill, or their inside man here.😂
I don’t think we know the how yet, but it’s not out of the realm of possibility that it’s stretching the rules, or operating in very, very, gray area.
I don’t have an axe to grind. I’m just not willing to ignore the stratospheric pricing, the legal gray area around the importation, or pretend that any business profiting off this community is somehow doing us a favor. It’s a business, not a charity. They’re not doing this for us, they’re doing it to make money.
Whether we agree with U.S. import restrictions or not, the laws/rules are pretty clear about what firearms, what components, whether or not NFA items can and cannot be imported, and how 922(r) applies when manufacturing a firearm using imported components. So when someone’s selling an all German parts MR223 SBR, they’re operating deep in a legal gray area.
HK probably could have done what other manufacturers do (or have done) by having them leave the factory in Germany in a state that makes them not magazine fed self loading firearms, and then completed the manufacturing here domestically with 922(r) parts to make semi-auto rifles. HK has been a risk averse company since being burned by the 89 import bans, and also when it was struggling financially. Perhaps the decision to pursue this type of import was one made due to those reasons, or perhaps their aversion to this approach is one of ethics or principles.
I agree. I’m just going to make sure people know that the price is exorbitant, and that the 100%+ profit margin leaves a lot of room for AU to drop the price, while still making money. Hopefully that message gets through to people and they don’t fall victim to FOMO, which could end up saving our members money.
People have long memories, and these things keep coming up because the issues were never addressed head on, and no ownership of the issues was displayed. Instead, they’ve skirted the rules by promoting their business without being a supporting vendor here, posing as a casual visitor to their own shop. They pick fights with people who voice criticism, and they’ve tried to retaliate against those who’ve spoken out. It’s a textbook case of how not to engage with a community. So there’s an element of reaping what they’ve sown.
