Remember a few weeks go when I talked about the Pinellas County cops unwisely buying Adam Arms junk AR15s? Well, Update to that.
https://www.wtsp.com/video/news/local/pinellascounty/pinellas-county-sheriff-says-deputies-new-weapons-are-faulty/67-6b794cf4-b345-466c-a02c-c5902f3bb404?jwsource=cl
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office is suing
a local gun manufacturer, claiming hundreds of AR-15 rifles purchased
for deputies aren’t reliable enough to do the job.
The sheriff initially asked for a refund, but that didn’t happen, so now he’s taking this firearm feud to court.
“I don’t relish having to go through the lawsuit process, but if we have to, we will,” Gualtieri said last month.
The sheriff promised he would sue Odessa-based Adams Arms if the gun
manufacturer didn’t give them a refund for more than 300 AR-15s, which
the department had purchased since 2014.
This week the sheriff made good on that threat.
“I’m not going to have deputy sheriffs out there. They’re supposed to have guns to protect themselves…(but some of the guns) don’t shoot and are incapable of being fixed in the field,” the sheriff said.
The county tax payers should sue the Sheriff themselves. For wasting their money on junk and not doing proper research on what companies make quality guns. There is some blame to go on them.
Gualtieri says he originally liked the idea of purchasing the Adams Arms AR-15‘s because the company is local, it uses a piston rather than gas technology for a firing mechanism and the price was right. Gualtieri, let that be a lesson for you. Don’t think. You obviously don’t know shit about guns Top. Man.
But,
the sheriff says problems started to surface almost immediately: Trigger
troubles; weapons switching from semi-automatic to fully automatic on
their own.
And most recently, he said an incident on the gun range saw a weapon failing to fire at all.
“The
thing was in essence, useless. It was like a stick or a club,”
Gualtieri said. “There’s nothing you could do. It wasn’t gonna fire a
bullet and that’s a problem.”
Adams Arms CEO Jason East tells 10News the incidents cited by the sheriff’s office were isolated and not necessarily their fault. Haw! of course not.
East says some of the trigger issues were traced back to deputies who had purchased after-market ammunition clips made for another manufacturer’s AR-15s.
….what? This guy makes guns. Weapons. That they sell to people as if they know what they are talking about. Adam Arms ladies and Gents. Gun’s so good you can’t use other brand AR15 mags in.
As for the weapon that didn’t fire, East says the part that caused that problem wasn’t manufactured by them. BUT YOU USED IT ON YOUR PRODUCT!
Still, he says, they took the weapon apart, made an adjustment by essentially tightening a screw and then the weapon worked correctly. Again. What?
“Requesting a refund on rifles that have served the department dutifully is not something we would entertain at this time,” East said when asked about the sheriff’s demands.
The sheriff’s office has since replaced the 300 AR-15’s by using one
of the department’s other suppliers. Although the lawsuit only specifies
an amount greater than $15,000, Gualtieri has already said the rifles
are worth about $300,000.
The sheriff is demanding attorney’s fees plus the cost of ammunition and re-fitting the new weapons. He says taxpayers wouldn’t have been left with expenses had the Adams Arms weapons worked to their satisfaction.
According to the lawsuit, Adams Arms said it says it’s working on a rigorous process to inspect, test and verify all of the firearms they provided the sheriff’s office over the last few years. Yea. I bet..
East didn’t comment further about the allegations but said the company is disappointed by the sheriff’s decision to file suit. Unreal.
Dummies buying junk from dummies whow make junk.
