First there were the allegations that CZ/Colt Canada is the government’s go-to for destruction of confiscated firearms.
Then there was this scouring of limited information, noting the company is not saying anything or responding to social media inquiries, itself something that speaks volumes about its management, with this important takeaway:
Government secrecy: The government has indicated it would apply measures to protect the identity of vendors to “ensure vendors do not face reprisals or retaliation”. This means any contract awarded, particularly for a controversial initiative like the gun buyback program, may not be publicly announced in a prominent way.
Well, it’s prominent now.
Don’t count on the government ratting out its own gunkapo.
If it IS CZ/Colt, the company needs to be working overtime on coming up with damage control excuses — even if they backed out, it’s already done, and further delays on being forthcoming will only dig it in deeper. If it’s NOT, why no strong denial? Either way it looks like management is hiding.
So, in the face of silence, what options do interested gun owners who won’t do business with sellouts have? Three, that I can see:
- Make it known they will boycott until an answer is forthcoming.
- Recruit shareholders to demand answers and clean house. “Colt CZ Group SE is a publicly traded company. You can find its stock on both the Prague Stock Exchange and the U.S. over-the-counter (OTC) market.” And you can also find its subsidiary companies.
- Interested parties (perhaps Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights?) could file for bid/purchase records under the the Access to Information Act, Canada’s equivalent of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act.
Simpler than that would be if gun owners would just contact the company and urge it to clear this matter up while it can still control some of the narrative, as opposed to being dragged into the light with the worst look possible.
UPDATE
My email to the address provided on their website, info@coltczgroup.com, has produced an official company response!
These people have their heads up their…
We’ll see what Katerina has to say.
UPDATE
That’s not a denial. They’re saying they’re not involved in the “buy back”. That doesn’t mean they’re not the entity the Canadian government hired to destroy confiscated civilian arms.
IOW, another layer of “non denial denial.”
“There’s something vewy scwewy going on awound here!” — Elmer Fudd.
“focused on serving military and law enforcement customers.“
I see what’s important to CZ is the government contracts. And serving law enforcement would cover destruction of confiscated firearms.