Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Thursday, February 20, 2014

SLAPP Suits and the Streisand Effect: Tactical Rifles, Inc. vs. Sniper's Hide

So this is apparently what happened. Over at Sniper's Hide, one of the gurus there ordered a rifle from Tactical Rifles. The rifle cost north of eight grand. The rifle apparently had the sort of fit and finish problems that would be unacceptable on a $400 Savage, let alone a custom build costing twenty times that much.

The guru wrote about the problems and his efforts to fix them, first with trying to get the company to stand behind their product and then having to pay someone else $1,600 to make it right. Discussing that apparently caused no shortage of butthurt among the people at Tactical Rifles.

Tactical Rifles' response was to file a lawsuit claiming defamation or some shit like that. The folks at Sniper's Hide have raised the cash to fight back.

I don't know how many people had ever heard of that company before. The market for custom sniper rifles that cost that kind of money is probably pretty small.

But I'm pretty sure that the market for rifles that cost over eight AMUs and then take nearly another two AMUs to make right is vanishingly small.

What I do know is that a hell of a lot of people are going to be familiar with Tactical Rifles' repuation, and not in a good way, because of this litigation. That's the Streisand Effect for you.

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