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Our SWAT Fuel Warrior of the Week wants to talk about low-light shooting and training options. In a story that is sure to amuse you, we have another instance of an “offended” person demanding that the world change to accommodate them. This one took place in the Great White North.

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From www.ammoland.com:

The Honolulu Police Department and City of Honolulu recently decided it will destroy $500,000 worth of fully-functioning handguns, rather than selling them for revenue.

This decision comes after the department signed a contract for new service handguns to be used by officers. By destroying these guns, the City is throwing away nearly half-a-million dollars of tax-payer money over the irrational fear that these guns will “end up on the streets of Honolulu.” This assumption appears to be in line with an anti-gun agenda.

Further, the department doesn’t even trust the highly trained HPD officers to purchase their own previously used service guns back for personal use, let alone private citizens looking to exercise their constitutional rights.

At this time, it is undetermined how much tax payer money is going to be spent by the city of Honolulu to destroy these firearms, some of which are brand new and still in their boxes.

This is a poor use of Honolulu’s tax-payer money and resources. Law-abiding gun owners should be allowed to purchase these surplus handguns and bring nearly $500,000 of revenue to the city.

From ca.news.yahoo.com:

A Nova Scotia woman wants Canadian Tire to get rid of a brand of firearms she says are offensive to Aboriginal Peoples.
Myah Rach-Sharp was at the Clayton Park Canadian Tire store last week when she saw Savage Arms guns for sale.
“When I looked closer I saw that there was a picture on top with an Aboriginal man in a headdress,” she said. “It just shocked me that in today’s day and age that that would be acceptable.”
Savage Arms is a company based in the U.S. The founder’s name was Arthur Savage.
On the history section of its website, it says the logo was given to the founder by a Chief Lame Deer in 1919. The website says the two made a deal that the tribe would receive discounted rifles and Savage would get their support.
“Arthur Savage added the Indian-head logo — a direct gift from the chief — to the company name,” it says.
It doesn’t give the chief’s tribal affiliation, or any other biographical information.
Rach-Sharp said the backstory doesn’t make a difference.
“It’s racist in the way that it puts the two together,” she said. “I think they should discontinue selling those guns.”
She isn’t the only person who finds the logo offensive.
Glen Reykdal thinks the company should change the logo.
“The image that was portrayed, the Indian chief with the headdress on that went along with it, yeah, I would find that offensive,” he said.
A spokesperson for Canadian Tire referred CBC News to the Savage Arms website.

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