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| Freedom Group Buys Up Gunmakers |
| 2011-11-28 |
| In recent years, many top-selling brands — including the 195-year-old Remington Arms, as well as Bushmaster Firearms and DPMS, leading makers of military-style semiautomatics — have quietly passed into the hands of a single private company. It is called the Freedom Group — and it is the most powerful and mysterious force in the American commercial gun industry today. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. |
| Posted by:Grunter |
| #2 Better him than a Soros proxy. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-11-28 18:33 |
| #1 It is owned by Cerberus Capital Management (that's a charming name, isn't it?) It's based in NYC and run by 51-year-old financier Steve Feinberg. "His hobbies include game hunting, chess, skiing, and riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Steve and Gisela Feinberg are prolific donors to the Republican Party and related organizations. Former Republican Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle works for Cerberus as Chairman of Global Investments, and former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was a client." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-11-28 15:44 |