Looks like Benchmade knife company is anti-gun

[Windwalker]

News is out Benchmade knifes destroyed a bunch of guns and to top it off appears their political donations/affiliations are anti 2A.

Now it seems the company is scrambling to do damage control. It’s not playing out well. Spiderco will be getting their share of the market.

They ...how do I say this..look like Dicks..sporting goods.

For more info go to their Facebook page, read the comments and see what others have dug up about them. Make your own decisions.

What a train wreck. Heck of a stupid way to loose all their customers.

https://m.facebook.com/Benchmade/

SEE OFFICIAL STATEMENT BELOW

Benchmade is aware of the recent post from our local Oregon City Police Department.
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We apologize for the confusion and concern that this post created. These were firearms that the Oregon City Police Department had to destroy in alignment with their policies. Oregon City Police requested the use of specialty equipment within the Benchmade facility to follow these requirements, and as a supporting partner of our local police force, we obliged the request.
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Benchmade is a proud and unwavering supporter of both law enforcement and Second Amendment rights. These are commitments that we do not take lightly and will continue to support well into the future.
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When asked for clarity from Oregon City Police Department, Chief Jim Band made the following statement: “When property is to be destroyed, it is the policy of the Oregon City Police Department to destroy property, including firearms, in accordance to our procedures and ORS. The Oregon City Police Department does not sell firearms.”

-Benchmade

[MLHSN]

Some of you like to go on some witch hunts. If it's not Benchmade, it is Meateater. It's repeated posts like these that cause me to check in to HW less often. If people could stick to productive hunting/fishing topics, I would be here more often. Even good threads get dragged down to hijacked conversations complaining about WDFW or anything else but the OP's initial subject.

[Jellymon]

Some of you like to go on some witch hunts. If it's not Benchmade, it is Meateater. It's repeated posts like these that cause me to check in to HW less often. If people could stick to productive hunting/fishing topics, I would be here more often. Even good threads get dragged down to hijacked conversations complaining about WDFW or anything else but the OP's initial subject.

Which is what you just did.
I kind of like knowing which companies to avoid. Because of what the op posted, it was revealed that Benchmade is contributing thousands to democrat politicians only. Because of that, not the destroying of the guns, I won’t buy another benchmade.

[slavenoid]

Pretty big stretch to say Benchmade destroyed a bunch of guns. I swear there's got to be some humane society coup taking out all of our hunting ambassadors. We are going to be left with nothing once we are done devouring our own.

[Tracker0721]

HOLY MOSES!! I went to gunsmithing school and on fridays once a month the instructors took a torch and cut up guns for multiple reasons. Courts order guns to be destroyed, guns have serial numbers filed off and need to be destroyed, some guns get cracked receivers or some such damage and need to be destroyed. A gun is a tool, same as any other, and everyone needs to learn eventually they do need to be destroyed. Good on benchmade for doing it for free too, most police departments PAY for it.

[Fl0und3rz]

Wait and see.  Witch hunts usually lead to burning witches.  It's nice to know where their political loyalties lie.

[boneaddict]

  just following along

[Jpmiller]

I couldn't navigate through the comments to find their political contribution stuff but I don't really have any issue with them destroying guns that legally required destructuon. It's not like they instituted the law.

[pianoman9701]

They have "unwavering support for law enforcement and our 2A rights..." Good enough for me. I'm not sure I see a problem. I know that some of the guns I see posted on here should be destroyed, you know, wrong caliber and all.   

[h2ofowlr]

I saw when the post popped up last night and then it went like a out of control wild fire.  Went from a few comments to over 13k comments in 9 hours.  Ouch.  The pictures they showed of guns being cut were a Browning BPS shotgun and what appeared to be a SKS.

[hunter399]

Maybe a company's that primary customer are gun owners.
Should of told them to pound sand.
I'm sure there are other ways they could support law enforcement besides destroying guns.Maybe some free products,discounts etc.

[pianoman9701]

Confiscated firearms that need to be destroyed with specialized equipment. Has anyone heard any stories out of Oregon City where the popo is going and confiscating firearms from law-abiding citizens? I sure haven't and I live nearby. I think this is a lot of fuss over nothing. The Oregon City Police could've done a better job of telling us where the guns came from and if they had, I suspect this wouldn't be a story.

[Stein]

I guess I am more pragmatic about the issue.  Police regularly destroy guns used in crimes after it is all settled.  Selling those guns is not within the law and not a good idea - I wouldn't want to own a gun with a serial number tied to a crime and find out that there were other crimes with the same gun that I could potentially be tied to.

So, the police has to destroy them.  Benchmade could do it for free, or the police could pay someone else.  If they pay someone else either my taxes need to go up to cover that or they take money from other areas like hiring another officer.

Every police station in the country does this and has done it forever.  Nobody has cared before social media made it easy to get all lathered up and pound on keyboards.

[Bob33]

Anti hunters must be grinning ear-to-ear today.

[huntnfmly]

I don't see the problem the guns needed to be destroyed and benchmade has the equipment to do it.
I worked in a local steel mill and we use to melt up truck loads of firearms no big deal imo