Oh, Bull!

I have to agree with Chris, over at Arma Borealis, on this: DisArmalite Funnels Arms to Chicago & NY Law Enforcement.

Like many other firearms manufacturers, Armalite has been hit with requests that they sell gear which is compliant with the law for civilians to law enforcement officers and LE agencies in states which ban their citizens from having AR-15 rifles.  That is, one set of sales policies for citizens and for civilian police officers.

He quotes Armalite's initial response and summarizes it as:

Well now.  That's a big serving of "shut the hell up, you stupid serf!"

Armalite's president then released a statement, which Chris quoted, in which he states that although Armalite will not sell to those states which deny it's honorable citizens the right to own ArmaLite's products, they not halt sales to individual officers even in problematic states. Chris isn't buying it:

When an otherwise law abiding citizen in upstate NY is safely shooting his undocumented AR-15 with undocumented standard capacity magazines on private property, he could be confronted by a DNR or Forestry Department officer with an ARMALITE rifle.

When a NY LEO kicks in a door to raid a house containing undocumented AR-15 rifles, that LEO could be carrying a personally procured ARMALITE rifle.  He may use that ARMALITE rifle to shoot an innocent dog and terrorize a family.

When a NY LEO arrests a good man for possession of a box with a spring, he could have an ARMALITE in his trunk equipped with identical mags to the ones he is confiscating.

Armalite perpetuates the idea that our civilian law enforcement officers are for some reason better than the civilians who they ostensibly serve.

I also believe that if Armalite is selling a firearm to an individual officer that is illegal within a given state and, not to that officer's employing law enforcement agency, they are essentially selling to a private citizen. At the least, they are being hypocrites, talking out of both sides of their mouths in a bunch of bullsh!t none of us needs. At worst, they are essentially engaging in an illegal sale.