P. James Debney

P. James Debney (born c. 1968) is the former chief executive office (CEO) and president of American Outdoor Brands Corporation. Quotes What we get excited about is that expanded user base and the level of social acceptance that we see now out there. It is socially acceptable to carry a firearm, more so than before—to carry a firearm for protection, have one at home for protection, go to the range to shoot as a pastime, as a hobby. To investors in 2012 (He Made the Gun That Slaughtered Parkland’s Kids Michael Daly February 24, 2018 November 12, 2018 The Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/he-made-the-gun-that-slaughtered-parklands-kids). It certainly has been a fantastic time at Smith & Wesson...We are true believers in that and defenders of that and we are very closely aligned with the NRA. The time had come to step up and do the right thing. In 2013 in a video produced for the occasion of Debney's induction into the National Rifle Association Golden Ring of Freedom, "reserved for individuals and corporations who have made gifts of $1 million cash or more." (He Made the Gun That Slaughtered Parkland’s Kids Michael Daly February 24, 2018 November 12, 2018 The Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/he-made-the-gun-that-slaughtered-parklands-kids). We looked back at the support we had given the NRA over time and decided, really quite honestly, that it wasn’t enough. It is imperative that we hold fast to the freedoms that the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights provide our citizens. Those freedoms cannot and must not be negotiated. So, I think it’s more important than ever that we come together in support of the NRA. 2013, on occasion of Debney's induction into the National Rifle Association Golden Ring of Freedom (National Rifle Association Scaling New Heights https://web.archive.org/web/20180227202501/https:/www.nraringoffreedom.com/our-members/james-debney/). There was some fear-based buying that would take place from time to time. There is no fear-based buying right now. Investor conference call, December 2017 (Time Inside the Republican Party's New Direction on Gun Restrictions Philip Elliott W. J. Hennigan March 1, 2018 November 5, 2018 http://time.com/5180537/gun-control-donald-trump-meeting/; Kate Gibson CBS News February 15, 2018 November 5, 2018 Why mass shootings may no longer boost firearm stocks https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-mass-shootings-may-no-longer-boost-firearm-stocks/; Why Are Gun Sales Falling? Polly Mosendz February 6, 2018 November 5, 2018 Bloomberg News https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-06/why-are-gun-sales-falling; Gun Buying Loses the Fear Factor Under Trump, Sparking Price War Thomas Black December 8, 2017 November 5, 2018 Bloomberg News https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-08/smith-wesson-maker-tumbles-as-gunmakers-battle-over-prices; Gunmaker shares slide as ‘fear-based buying’ recedes Mamta Badkar December 8, 2017 Financial Times November 5, 2018 https://www.ft.com/content/61f02aae-dc37-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482; Meet the British CEO of the firm behind the gun that brought tragedy to Florida Tom McCarthy February 23, 2018 The Guardian November 5, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/23/smith-and-wesson-gun-maker-behind-florida-ar15-james-debney). Quotes about P. James Debney A quick Google search shows that P. James Debney is the CEO and president of American Outdoor Brands, which until last year was named Smith & Wesson.By whatever name, the company Debney heads manufactured the AR-15 assault rifle that Cruz used to kill 14 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students and three staff members....Debney kept selling assault rifles as if he were just selling more plastic after a madman with a Smith & Wesson assault rifle murdered 12 people in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater....The company’s profits came to include the sale of the M&P15 that was used in the 2015 terror attack in San Bernardino. Fifteen were murdered....Smith & Wesson did experience a modest bump after a madman used one of its M&P15s to murder 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High on Valentine’s Day. He Made the Gun That Slaughtered Parkland’s Kids Michael Daly February 24, 2018 November 12, 2018 The Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/he-made-the-gun-that-slaughtered-parklands-kids In focusing their anger on the likes of Wayne LaPierre, the survivors are distracted from the likes of James Debney, whose company actually designed, produced and marketed the weapon that killed so many innocents at their school. Debney knew it was a weapon of war. He also knew, or at least should have known, that M&P15 fires bullets of such velocity that when it hits flesh the accompanying shock wave extends the damage considerably outside the path of the bullet, shredding tissue, destroying entire organs, disintegrating blood vessels. He also knew that the M&P15 is a virtual twin to the Bushmaster AR-15 used with horrific effect on little kids at Sandy Hook.And yet he had kept selling it. Debney earns more than $5 million a year in what the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High survivors would no doubt consider blood money. He Made the Gun That Slaughtered Parkland’s Kids Michael Daly February 24, 2018 November 12, 2018 The Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/he-made-the-gun-that-slaughtered-parklands-kids External links Category:Businesspeople from the United States Category:1960s births Category:Living people