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Re: Colt's CEO (an Iraqi citizen) and his friends...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Broiles)
Thu Oct 14 16:23:17 1999
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:03:25 -0700
From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
To: Jean-Francois Avon <jf_avon@citenet.net>
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In-Reply-To: <199910132126.RAA08920@cti06.citenet.net>; from Jean-Francois Avon on Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 05:22:49PM -0400
Reply-To: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 05:22:49PM -0400, Jean-Francois Avon wrote:
> This is a comment done by a friend that would like to remain anonymous.
>
> Verify for yourself the veracity of the all allegations below.
>
> [...]
> Colt's CEO, one Donald Zakhlis, is an Iraqi citizen and buddy and
> coreligionist of Chucky Schumer, NY senator and left-fascist, a traitor
> who describes the US Constitution as "outmoded and obsolete."
The name is Donald Zilkha, and he's an owner (along with John Rigas),
not the CEO. He has donated at least $2500 to Charles Schumer's
campaigns over the past several years, according to filings with the
FEC. The Wall Street Journal had an article concerning the troubles at
Colt's on September 29 which might be of interest.
> Among knowledgeable
> Americans, Colt's has a reputation -- well earned -- for over-priced and
> low-quality weapons, often described not as firearms, but as parts kits
> that require hundreds of dollars of after-market work to be made to
> function at a level competitive with S&W or Glock. Colt's has been
> unable to maintain market share in .45ACP 1911-designs, and was
> unable to win the sidearm competition for the US gov.
This is true of their 1911-pattern handguns, but many people like their
AR15-style long arms. I'm not one of them, as they've been specially
modified to be non-interchangeable with standard AR15 parts kits, but
Colt AR's do have their (vocal) fans.
> The intimate connection between Colt and Schumer suggests to this
> cynical writer that Colt has advance information on a Clintonite
> push to endrun the US constitution regarding import and mfg of
> handguns.
That Charles Schumer and most of the Democrats (indeed, most of
Congress) are anti-gun is hardly a secret.
--
Greg Broiles
gbroiles@netbox.com
