Smith & Wesson (S&W), the British-owned gun maker that has gained notoriety as the only gun-maker to cave-in to pressure from reckless lawsuits filed and promoted by the Clinton-Gore Administration and other anti-gun extremists (see Special FAX Alert 3/20/00), recently announced that it would shut down two manufacturing plants for the entire month of July. According to the 6/13 edition of the Dow Jones Business News, S&W blames its decision partly on "the reaction of some consumers to the agreement." Unfortunately, about 500 employees at the two plants will be affected by the shutdown, as they will be required to take either earned vacation time or be temporarily laid off. S&W CEO Ed Shultz continues to stand by his company's sellout to anti-gun extremists, telling the AP, "The risk of the business is much greater in not settling the lawsuits than the risk of...letting consumers put us out of business." The rest of the firearms industry remains unwilling to sign on to the S&W sellout.
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