Just as with US automakers, if American firearms manufacturers want their products to be as popular as Glocks and Springfield's XD line, they need to be competitive and make something equally compelling. There are some very good Czech and Russian firearms out there at excellent prices.
I know - my grandfather is retired from GM as well, and was the head of the local UAW for a while. If we don't get an American-made car, we never hear the end of it. Once I got an Accord, and he called it my "airplane" because he found it too exotic. :lol: It's true that "domestic" cars are made all over the world, but much of the fundamental design and marketing starts in the US.But I must sigh, once again, and explain that just because a vehicle has a GM, Ford, or Chrysler logo on it DOES NOT MEAN that it's MADE IN THE USA! I'll explain. My 1989, one-ton-dually Silverado pick up truck was made in Canada. My 1978 Chevrolet LUV truck was made in Japan but the cab and bed were assembled here in the USA. Chevrolet and Toyota have a joint venture in the San Francisco area - NUMMI, or New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. Chevrolet owns plants in Mexico and Europe and Canada. I'm of the opinion that Ford and Chrysler are just as diversified. You can search the web for verification.
I know - my grandfather is retired from GM as well, and was the head of the local UAW for a while. If we don't get an American-made car, we never hear the end of it. Once I got an Accord, and he called it my "airplane" because he found it too exotic. :lol: It's true that "domestic" cars are made all over the world, but much of the fundamental design and marketing starts in the US.
I just mean that it's best to support innovation and competitive research, if for no other reason than to encourage our own industry to keep up. Moving forward on firearms technology was the spirit of John Browning, and he would probably be appalled if he were to come back today and see that we've let the Europeans go make most of the recent advances in firearms. Glocks and XDs have been big sellers because they very effectively apply technology to solve some problems.
It would be nice to see a domestic firearms manufacturer once again put out a truly innovative product that really captures people's attention.
Yes - Honda and Toyota have not let the fact slide that most of their cars sold in the US are also assembled here. Often, it's more so the case that they're made here, than American cars are. That won't sway loyalists, though.You can ask your grandfather, "Did you know that the Honda Accord was MADE IN THE USA?"
Check it out here:
The Honda Accord first rolled off American assembly lines in Marysville, Ohio, exactly 25 years ago on November 1, 1982. Though still considered a Japanese car, nearly 9 million made-in-the-USA Accords have rolled out of the Marysville plant, doing wonders for the local economy in the process.
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