{"id":2571,"date":"2013-02-10T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/02\/10\/larue-tactical-steps-up-and-grnc-asks\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:20:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:20:56","slug":"larue-tactical-steps-up-and-grnc-asks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2571","title":{"rendered":"LaRue Tactical Steps Up And GRNC Asks Why Not More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14265,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LaRueAccuracy\\\/posts\\\/529849683721877&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250128191554\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LaRueAccuracy\\\/posts\\\/529849683721877&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 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Tactical of Leander, TX is well known for both their tactical accessories and their highly accurate AR-style rifles. On Friday, Mark LaRue, the owner and president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LaRueAccuracy\/posts\/529849683721877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a notice<\/a> stating his company would limit their sales to state and local law enforcement agencies to what the citizen of that state or locality was permitted to own or possess. In other words, if, for example, the residents of California or New York are limited in what they may possess due to &#8220;assault weapons bans&#8221;, then sales to the LAPD or NYPD will be limited to that as well.<\/p>\n<p>Grass Roots North Carolina is starting a campaign to get other companies on board with this. Their position with which I agree is that the &#8220;Only Ones&#8221; should not be allowed to have special weapons that are forbidden to the average citizen by state or local law.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<br \/>\n<i><b>Do other manufacturers support the Second Amendment only when it\u2019s profitable to do so? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Second Amendment has always had fair-weather friends. LaRue Tactical, manufacturers of firearms and firearm accessories, is one company that will never be accused of being our fair-weather friend. When New York State passed its unconstitutional anti-gun law, LaRue swung into action. In a move reminiscent of Barrett Firearms\u2019 banning of all sales to California law enforcement (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegunzone.com\/rkba\/rkba-50.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.thegunzone.com\/rkba\/rkba-50.html<\/a>) after California banned .50BMG rifles, LaRue has stated that it will not sell anything to local law enforcement that it can\u2019t sell to you and me.<\/p>\n<p>In a news release dated 2-8-13, LaRue states:<\/p>\n<p>    Effective today, in an effort to see that no legal mistakes are made by LaRue Tactical and\/or its employees, we will apply all current State and Local Laws (as applied to civilians) to state and local law enforcement \/ government agencies. In other words, LaRue Tactical will limit all sales to what law-abiding citizens residing in their districts can purchase or possess.  <\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LaRueAccuracy#!\/LaRueAccuracy\/posts\/529849683721877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LaRueAccuracy#!\/LaRueAccuracy\/posts\/529849683721877<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Lest you think that LaRue, more famous for accessories than anything else, is making an empty statement, take a look at the AR style rifles they manufacture (http:\/\/www.laruetactical.com\/rifles). New York banned them for sale to citizens, so LaRue won\u2019t sell them to the NYPD either. Will other firearm manufacturers have the guts to stand up like LaRue and Barrett do?<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD allows officers to select one of three firearms for duty carry: (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City_Police_Department#Firearms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City_Police_Department#Firearms<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>\u2022    SIG P226 (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SIG_P226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SIG_P226<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Smith &amp; Wesson 5946 (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_5906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_5906<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Glock 19 (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glock_19#9.C3.9719mm_Parabellum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glock_19#9.C3.9719mm_Parabellum<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>All of these pistols are equipped with a greater than 7-round magazine, making them illegal for sale to law-abiding New York residents.<br \/><b><\/p>\n<p>IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Send the following letter to SIG, Smith &amp; Wesson, and Glock and ask them to follow LaRue Tactical\u2019s lead. Tell them to adopt the same rule: If it can\u2019t be sold to citizens, it won\u2019t be sold to State and local government.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Go to LaRue Tactical\u2019s Facebook page and thank them for standing up for your Second Amendment rights:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LaRueAccuracy#!\/LaRueAccuracy\/posts\/529849683721877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LaRueAccuracy#!\/LaRueAccuracy\/posts\/529849683721877<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Contact<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cut and paste email list:  publicsafetysales@sigsauer.com, dgrier@smith-wesson.com, LE.info@glock.us<\/p>\n<p><b>Deliver This Message<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Suggested Subject: If it\u2019s illegal for us, don\u2019t sell it to police!<\/p>\n<p>Dear Law Enforcement Sales Manager,<\/p>\n<p>Recently New York rushed an ill-advised and unconstitutional law infringing on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. Other states are poised to write similar laws. I urge you to follow the lead of LaRue Tactical which has adopted this policy: If it can\u2019t be sold to law-abiding citizens, it won\u2019t be sold to state and local police agencies either.<\/p>\n<p>There are 800,000 sworn police officers in the entire United States. The FBI reports a total of 2,495,440 NICS checks, and thus firearms sales, in January alone. Police sales are not your major business. It\u2019s time for firearm manufacturers to send a clear message that you will not participate in the slow erosion of our Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>(NICS numbers Source <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/about-us\/cjis\/nics\/reports\/20130205_1998_2013_monthly_yearly_totals.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/about-us\/cjis\/nics\/reports\/20130205_1998_2013_monthly_yearly_totals.pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Signed,<\/p>\n<p>A Concerned Gun Owner<\/i> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LaRue Tactical of Leander, TX is well known for both their tactical accessories and their highly accurate AR-style rifles.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[103,3328,19],"class_list":["post-2571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-grass-roots-north-carolina","tag-larue-tactical","tag-second-amendment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8829,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions\/8829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}