Instead, thousands of people who actually had an interest in their wares decided to go with another company instead (we call this the free market, not ‘mob rule’. Some people call ‘mob rule’ democracy). Nobody went and dug up Dan’s tax liens. Nobody tried to find ‘dirt’ on Dan to discredit him. All we did was call up the fact that he is supporting someone who’d prefer to see private gun ownership abolished and those who disagree with that took their business elsewhere.

That’s not mob rule, that’s not silencing his speech. If you want to see a good illustration of that, go look at what happened to Joe the Plumber just for asking Obama a hard question.

We here in Canada look on the firearms “fraternity” recent drive by shooting of Dan Cooper and the Cooper Firearms Co. as pretty pathetic and down right dangerous. I hope you survive.

Suffice it to say that had you retained Dan Cooper within the company, I would have been more than likely to buy one of your firearms.

Mob rule. Close your eyes and take a careful aim. Why is it that the most complicated issues in America are inevitably reduced to polar opposites? No room for discussion?

We pray for you guys …

a friend from North of the Border – RvW

Can we leave race out of this please, Sam? It’s not a relevant issue here, and it shouldn’t be in the presidential race.

You going to need to buy several of each caliber and get all of your pro-gun/Obama supporters (that just doen’t even sound right, does it?) to do the same to keep that outfit running.

Seriously. Do it. I’ll vote for him if you can provide me irrefutable proof of his longstanding support for firearms.

John, glad you’ve been convinced. The good senator from Chicago is the most vociferous anti-gun candidate of all time. That he is weasily enough to try now to obscure that fact makes him all the more dangerous.

I’m with the others here, best of luck to Mr. Cooper, he has every right to support whomever he pleases. He just won’t do it with my money.

I totally support your position that Mr. Cooper may spend his money as he chooses, and support whichever candidate he fee best represents his personal beliefs. I have in the past (USAF 1972-1978 ), and will if the need arise in the future go in harms way to protect that right. HOWEVER, I will not spend one penny with his firm knowing that the profits generated enable him to support a candidate I totally distrust with the security of our nation. Jimmy Carter raped the US armed services to pay for his social agenda. Ronnie Regan spent far more than he would have needed to normally to bring the military back to a functional state. Bill Clinton picked up where Jimmy left off, and again reamed the military budget. Every democrat since LBJ took from the military to pay for their social agenda. I believe the current democrat is absolutely no different. He promises to reduce our taxes, and at the same time improve government services and entitlements. WHERE WILL THE MONEY COME FROM? I believe from our Military budget. I will NEVER BUY ANYTHING from Cooper knowing their donations supported a philosophy which may will responsible for compromising my sons ability to do his job as a current member of the 101’st Division. I don’t care if Obama were Green, Purple, Pink, or even a blond blue-eyed arian. I have not spent a penny on Volkswagen products because of their support of politicians whose ideology devastated Europe, and a good part of the rest of the world.
I vote two ways!
I vote at the ballot box once a year.
I vote at the cash register every day.

I hope every person of conviction does the same.

1) Nobody here has even REMOTELY stated that he shouldn’t be allowed to donate and support who he wants. Project much? All we are saying is that we will take our business elsewhere because of our positions.
2) For a doctor, you’re not very observant. I hope you took better care at examining your patients symptoms than you do picking your politicians. Obama’s record is well known to not be gun friendly. In fact, show me ONE area of support he’s ever provided for us gun owners.
3) Nice try, but we’re not all white here so you might want to take your projection elsewhere. Yelling “RACISTS!!!!!” is the argument of someone who has no argument.

Obama has voted to ban .223 ammunition. He’s voted to raise the taxes on what ammunition is left unbanned by 500%. He’s said he supports a comprehensive ban on handguns and semi-automatic firearms.

This this fear and paranoia? Or does Obama have a serious problem on the gun issue? He’s a politician. Don’t tell me what he’s saying now to get elected. Talk to me about what his record is.

I just stumbled on this site when I went to Cooper Arms to order a .223, and was astounded by the level of paranoia and fear.

1) Cooper is a small business owner, an innovative designer and craftsman…shouldn’t he be permitted to make political contributions to whomever he chooses?
2) Obama has not taken an adverse position on gun control.
3) My guess is, as a physician, that the level of fear and hatred in this thread has a different origin. Uh, could it be that Obama is black?

And yes, FYI, I am a gun owner, I am a hunter, I eat what I shoot. I am a retired USAF medical officer.