Reeper you may be right, but found out something a little interesting today. I sent a few emails and made a few phone calls. One call was to the local Sportsman's Warehouse - they are a Cooper dealer. I asked him what their policy on this was, and the manager said they were going to continue to sell Cooper Rifles. To them it's the botttom line - if someone wants a rifle, they'll orderit or sell it. He did say they called the company and cancelled all their orders when the news broke because they didn't want to be stuck with the inventory, not because they were opposed to his political leaning. He was under the impression that Cooper was gone from the company, so I set him straight on that and said he should call them. He also mentioned that my call was the first he got saying someone wouldn't support their business if they sold Cooper rifles and that he had gotton several calls just the opposite right after the news broke, that they wouldn't shop SW if they stopped selling Coopers. He also said that the local head of the democratic party went and talked to several of the Cooper employees and they wanted Cooper out. So I believe the board and the employees want him gone, question is will he go? If he stays, it would be very awkward for him as his company doesn't want him.
My guess is that there are a lot of folks that will encourage him to stay and support him and a lot that will boycot him and a lot who don't care. We need to put the pressure on him. I think they will see a significant reduced sales, combine that with a slow economy and that might put them under.
Our Governor, Schweitzer and our two senetors, Baucus and Tester are probably placing orders for Cooper rifles as we type, but I think over all they are going to see a slow down. There are probably a lot of folks, who like me and the manager at SW, thought he was actually going to leave, and he still might, but I'm getting the impression he is having a change of mind. He would be walking away from from many years of building this company.
My view on the gun dealers is, most them are making a living and trying to make a buck, even though they are cutting their own throats by supporting Cooper and Obama.
Anyone reading this needs to contact their dealers and let them know how you feel about Cooper and tell your friends to contact them too. I think these next few days and weeks are critical. If dealers start calling Cooper and canceling orders, it will bring a lot of prssure to bear. Keep in mind that the dealers also have clients who are democrats and support Cooper and Obama.
Would sure like to be a fly on the wall inside the Cooper offices.
