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Fang
10-28-2008, 10:45 PM
...or did they?

USA Today article (http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-27-prez-money_N.htm)

Cooper Firearms builds bolt-action rifles that are as breathtaking for their beauty as price. They may have seen some backlash from this article, judging by the clearly hasty modification to their website:

http://www.cooperfirearms.com/

Not sure what he's trying to say there, although the subtext appears to be, "ohshit ohshit ohshit ohshit..."
Clinotus
10-28-2008, 10:50 PM
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Not sure what he's trying to say there, although the subtext appears to be, "ohshit ohshit ohshit ohshit..."

The level of backpedaling here elevates him to unicyclist.
Clinotus
10-29-2008, 07:18 PM
They fired him:

In response to the recent article highlighting Dan Cooper’s personal political donations, the board of directors,shareholders and employees of Cooper Firearms of Montana, Inc would like to issue the following statement.

vote and donate as they see fit, it has become apparent that the fallout may affect more than just Mr. Cooper. It may also affect the employees and the shareholders of Cooper Firearms.

The board of directors has asked Mr. Cooper to resign as President of Cooper Firearms of Montana, Inc.

Daily operations will continue with the competent staff currently in place in Stevensville, MT producing the finest, most accurate rifles money can buy.



Dan Cooper has spentall of his working life producing the highest quality rifles built here in the USA. He started with nothing but the American Dream and built that into firearms company anyone would be proud of. We firmly believe Dan stands by the2nd amendment.
We wish him all of the best in his future pursuits.

That was pretty fast.
Fang
10-31-2008, 09:16 AM
Dangit, I just came to the thread to post that. I wonder if Cooper will still be involved with the company and this is a token gesture.
Fang
10-31-2008, 09:50 AM
Additionally, it may be that he was fired not just for donating to Obama, but because his CYA statement was a blatant lie. According to FEC records, Cooper has been donating to Obama since 2004 and he has never given a cent to McCain.

See for yourself (http://fec.gov/finance/disclosure/advindsea.shtml): Enter "Cooper, Dan" and choose Montana as the state.