Thank you, Hazcat.
I would also like to note that I am a member in good standing of the Sig Forum, the Ruger Forum, the S&W Forum, the C&R Forum, Brian Enos' Forums and a number of others and have been for years.
It was never my intent to limit to Giveaway to members of the Forum...I'm not even sure such a thing can be done legally, although my lawyer is looking into it to see if we can do a "We're Sorry!" special giveaway. My apologies if you feel I misrepresented myself.
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In fact, for companies in a market society, it is indeed all about the sales. I can't get guns to give away because people like me, as much as I might wish that was the case! I get them because we offer the companies something in return. It would have been quantums easier to simple give away an out-of-the-box gun, as some other sites do. Instead, I opted to try and create the kinds of guns that I want to own.
Again, my apologies.
My hope is that you will all continue entering our Giveaways.
Michael B