{"id":39206,"date":"2014-01-07T17:24:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T22:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39206"},"modified":"2014-01-07T17:26:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T22:26:26","slug":"utah-gun-maker-turns-down-50m-government-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39206","title":{"rendered":"Utah gun maker turns down $50m government contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul sent us a link the other day about Desert Tactical Arms<\/a> which turned down a $50 million government contract because the weapons the government wanted to buy were going to Pakistan, and the owners say that they couldn’t, in good conscience, sell the weapons to a country which hasn’t proven themselves to be the best allies in recent years. From ABC News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The company, based in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City, was founded in 2007 on the principle of keeping America and its allies safe, he added.<\/p>\n

“As a business owner you always want to be successful, but I think ethically and morally you want to go about it the right way and stick behind your founding principles,” Davis told KSL.<\/p>\n

Weapons sales to allies such as Pakistan are nothing new but they can be complicated, especially in a country with an al-Qaida presence. The U.S. often targets al-Qaida, Taliban and their Pakistani supporters in the country’s tribal regions.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got to admire Desert Tech for potentially turning down what could have been a very lucrative contract in the interest of protecting American service members,” said Col. Steven R. Watt of the Utah National Guard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The owners were on Fox & Friends this morning.<\/p>\n