I feel bad for many of Illinois residents, was thinking of this as I drove through there on I-64 and I-70 last week, will be there again at the end of the week hopefully admiring the first corn coming up along I-74. There's nothing but a massive amount of farm country there and good folks that work those farms and the small towns that support them, but the Chicago juggernaut completely outweighs the interests of the rest of the state. Take a look at the election map, that is a shit ton of red covering counties that went resoundingly Trump:
http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/illinois/ I get it that politics is a marathon and not a sprint, it's frustrating when representatives don't move fast on supporting legislation that back the shooting industry and users. I'm reluctantly content with no new measures coming out either in VA or nationwide against the 2A, even though I know it's nothing but a lull before the storm. But Springfield and Rock River not going on record opposing legislation like this? Those are two companies that I would completely expect to stand strong against ANY measures that would limit 2A freedoms. I was even more disappointed by the statement from Springfield's CEO:
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2...e-on-ifma-deal-illinois-anti-gun-legislation/ “The legislative process is a fluid process. The bill has only moved through one chamber, and it is still in the process. We fully support the Second Amendment and stand by it. The Illinois Manufacturers Association will continue to fight and protect not only manufacturers, but dealers and the gun owner as well.”
What a crock of shit, they aren't fighting fuck all, they took a cop out "No Position" on the matter. Well, I see they have a position, and it's on their knees like the bitches they are. I suppose they thought they could fly under the wire by allowing the 527 they fund do the dirty work for them in selling their retailers down the river. Self serving and about as imaginative as either of their product lineups, same old shit with ZERO internal innovation, only copying everyone else's work with their own label.
I don't jump on the "I won't buy their shit" bandwagon easily, but this one seems pretty cut and dry. I'm now happier than ever I lost the XD9c in the divorce, the last Springfield Armory firearm I had, and it will be staying that way. Rock River? Shit, I build my own and wouldn't buy their shit in the first place.