Swazi.......Yeah I'll Pass....

[JP100]

I have a couple thousand dollars worth of Swazi in my closet. It is warm, quiet, windproof and waterproof in the garmets that are supposed to work that way. He makes a variety of clothing for a lot of cold wet weather.

Davy is a small business owner, in the world stage he is a tiny speck of a company in the garment world.

He also lives in a almost totally unarmed society. Aside from hunters, bad guys and police no one really has firearms. The mass public lost fireams ownership without a valid reason (hunting license, military career, sport shooting) years ago. Gun ownership and crime are both very low. Other than the Swiss, Americans are unique in the world on firearms ownership. You should judge another nation based on what is right for that nation.

I have lived all over the world, Europe, Australia and Asia and firearms ownership at our American level doesn't really exist.

Gun crime is common in 3rd world countries, but not in places like New Zealand.

In the mind of most New Zealanders, there is zero need for a firearm fore self protection. There are not bears, or tigers, or anything else roaming the countryside. The only problem animals are those humans lowlifes that exist in every society.

He is also one of the largest garment companies in New Zealand, and most Kiwis own clothing made by him. His fleece pull over and poley shorts are a classic Kiwi male uniform year round. Davy has NZ defense, search and rescue, and police garment contracts as well as being the primary uniform for construction workers, trades personnel and farmers. Everyone in New Zealand knows his product lines and wears it.

He is a loudmouth andwell known by most Kiwis. So of course he was going to speak on the subject.

In my mind he had a decision to make.

1. Support the ban, knowing that the number of Kiwis that owned semi-autos was low.
2. Fight the ban and lose a huge part of his business, maybe even be snuffed out of his government contracts all together.

He is smart enough to know that New Zealand is going to shut down sem-auto firearms the same way Australia did. So why would he lose his entire company for standing in the way of a ban. A ban that most Kiwis approve of.

If you have not lived outside the USA or you live in a totally red state, you may not know that the numbers are against the polite society of firearms owners. Australians, Kiwis and Europeans allow hunters to manage wildlife, and own firearms to make it work.

We are lucky in the USA we don't live in that kind of society.

But let's be really honest, they don't deal with our murder rates. We are 89th in the world with 5.3 murders per 100,000 per year. New Zealand is 199th with .7 murders per 100,000. Yellowstone National Park averages more murders than New Zealand.

Davy is just doing what is right for New Zealand and his business model.

How many of you are wearing jeans produced by some anti-gun company? Like Wrangler or Levis?

I shop at Costco, and occasionally buy shoes for my kids at Dicks. Both of them are anti-gun.

I don't have time or the patience in my life to completely ignore a company based on their politics. If you do then that is awesome, more power to you. When I was younger and more idealistic it was a lot easier. Now I have a job and kids to feed.

What Davy did isn't ideal, but he wasn't going to sink with the ship. I would judge him that way.

World is pretty big, most of you have never even seen his gear in action. Or known someone that owns it.

Pretty late to the party....but not much of this is true.

Swazi does NOT have any contracts with military or government organizations. they lost them
As a hunting guide and farmers son in NZ, no one I know wears Swazi.

More hunters here wear Kuiu, Sitka or anything else than Swazi.

Swazi was cool in the 90s.....but the fabric technology and designs are way behind the pack. He definitely created no friends with his firearms stance here

 

[Balderdash]

Pretty late to the party....but not much of this is true.

Swazi does NOT have any contracts with military or government organizations. they lost them
As a hunting guide and farmers son in NZ, no one I know wears Swazi.

More hunters here wear Kuiu, Sitka or anything else than Swazi.

Swazi was cool in the 90s.....but the fabric technology and designs are way behind the pack. He definitely created no friends with his firearms stance here

That's great info from close to the source. Thanks for sharing.

 

[inyago]

Well here we are 2/3 months later and the Good news is,"she is gone, retired what ever but Adern has left our politics claiming she did not have the GAS for it anymore.. We were to mean to her, pointing out her shortcomings..Bet all the clowns who followed her covid crap are rueing the day.???

 

[mtmiller]

More hunters here wear Kuiu, Sitka or anything else than Swazi.

Swazi was cool in the 90s.....but the fabric technology and designs are way behind the pack. He definitely created no friends with his firearms stance here

Pardon my chuckle. How are the gun attitudes in the country that manufactures KUIU?

 

[JP100]

Pardon my chuckle. How are the gun attitudes in the country that manufactures KUIU?

Oh people are under no illusions about that, people dont buy Swazi....because the gear isnt that good.....we stopped buying it long before the rifle stance haha. The thing was Davy had a platform socially and politically and used it AGAISNT his supposed market. making no stance would have better.
China practically owns us anyway, so we got it coming haha.

 

[rodney482]

LETS ALL CANCEL EVERYONE WITH DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW THAN US!!! THATS WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS WANTED


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Kinda ironic you bring up forefathers and their wants on an anti gun thread

 

[Bearwhisky]

LETS ALL CANCEL EVERYONE WITH DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW THAN US!!! THATS WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS WANTED


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Modern problems require modern solutions.


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[rtkbowhunter]

LETS ALL CANCEL EVERYONE WITH DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW THAN US!!! THATS WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS WANTED


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Well, we kinda did that iin 1776. Brits had a different point of view on governance and the FF's canceled them.

 

[Mitten32]

I bought The Hood right before he came out on this, it’s a great piece of clothing but it’s wearing thin so I’ll be replacing it with something from a company that shares my values, it’s a shame because I love it and you can’t beat the price.

Shocked to hear its wearing thin. I've had mine for 5 plus years and its been through a ton of hunts. Can't tell the difference from the day i bought it.

 

[Hunt4lyf]

Shocked to hear its wearing thin. I've had mine for 5 plus years and its been through a ton of hunts. Can't tell the difference from the day i bought it.

I was expecting to get a bit longer out of it, it’s still good but you can feel the difference between the front and back of it. What country was yours made in? Not sure if it makes a difference but mines from Thailand.

 

[RedSnow]

It's only canceling when it's someone I like other people aren't supporting.

When I do it, it's not supporting those that are different.

You're confusing the Deceleration of Independence and the Constitution.

If the Constitution is such a perfect, inerrant document, why are there so many amendments?

I smell hippies

 

[PanhandlePilgrim]

Pardon my chuckle. How are the gun attitudes in the country that manufactures KUIU?

Beat me to it.
You're mad at someone in another country for their views on semi-automatic firearms but probably have a closet full of clothing and shoes made by children. (As do we all)