August, 2000

Welcome!

To my friends, customers and other visitors to this site, I welcome you! Please take some time to wander around ­ there is a lot here. In addition to seeing photos and descriptions of all the products, accessories and services we have to offer, we also offer on-line ordering, extensive ballistics and engineering reports and tables, magazine reprints and an active message board (to mention only a few). Notwithstanding, we would be very pleased to learn what's not here that you wish were, as we continue to update and refresh our site.

Along those lines, one suggestion made by our web consultant (as well as by my general manager, Ken) was that I write a 'regular' column (title T.B.D.) While the theme of 'politics' was proposed, I balked; I don't believe that I have any insights, opinions or perspectives that are either particularly wise, newsworthy, interesting or different from what most of you probably think &/or feel. Gun control? ­ I'm against it. 'Smart' guns? ­ I favor smart people and dumb (but easy to use and reliable) guns. Safety locking devices? ­ We've been providing these with every gun we have sold for nearly the past ten years, but nothing takes the place of education, common sense and personal responsibility. Smith & Wesson? ­ Above all else, that they have compromised and alienated their professional business partners (distributors and dealers) almost assure their imminent demise. Our adversaries? Disingenuine, misinformed political animals who grossly abuse the legal and judicial process. Any surprises here?

I'd like to suggest that, to help get me started, you tell me what you'd like to see. For any more timely questions you have, you can either call the factory direct at 800-821-5783, or directly contact about 10 of my 30 employees by e-mail (link to the contacts page), or post a message on our board. Product development questions will be answered when and as appropriate, reflecting both our inability to have the design and development process run according to any schedule we'd like to follow (I hate making promises I can't keep ­ 'stuff' happens), as well as trying to maintain a reasonable competitive posture. Please send your questions and suggestions to Sandy@NAAminis.com; I look forward to hearing from you!

Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) checks out the latest edition of the North American Arms catalog. He mentioned that he regularly carries two of the firm's firearm products after receiving death threats several years ago. ASSC's 1996 Congressional Leader of the Year Award was presented to Sen. Hatch "in appreciation of his leadership and commitment in defense of our heritage, our industry and our life"


Photo & caption by Robert M. Hausman - used with permission.