MARK
PEA RIDGE,#2Author of original report
Sun, November 06, 2005
I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING THAT BOTHERS ME AS AN ARMY NG VETERAN, AND ALSO MOST LIKELY BOTHERS USMC AND OTHER US ARMED FORCES MEMBERS AND VETERANS ABOUT THE FLORIDA GUN WORKS (FGW) WEBSITE. ON THE BOTTOM OF THEIR WEBSITE PAGES THEY USE THE USMC MEMORIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM WORLD WAR TWO WHICH WAS TAKEN ON MT. SURIBACHI ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA. THIS IS THE ONE WHERE USMC AND USN SERVICEMEN ARE RAISING THE US FLAG ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. AS STATED IN MY INITIAL REPORT I DON'T KNOW IF FGW IS LEGITIMATE OR INCOMPETENT, BOTH OR WHAT THEY ARE. BUT AFTER READING ALL OF THE PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE AND OTHERS LIKE IT, I WILL LET THE EVIDENCE SPEAK FOR ITSELF. I DO NOT LIKE FGW USING THE USMC MEMORIAL PHOTOGRAPH TO SELL PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY AS HOW THEY ARE TREATING THEIR CUSTOMERS. A LOT OF AMERICANS DIED OR ARE CRIPPLED (MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY) FOR LIFE WHILE DEFENDING THIS COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT COMPANIES EITHER LEGITIMATE OR ESPECIALLY FRAUDULENT SHOULD USE THEIR SACRIFICES FOR COMMERICAL PURPOSES. I WOULD BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF FGW'S CUSTOMERS ARE CURRENT MILITARY MEMBERS AND MORE ARE VETERANS, ALSO I AM SURE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS ARE ALSO LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. HOPEFULLY THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY ON THIS AS I DO. I CONTACTED THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS COMMANDANTS OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND ADVISED THEM AS TO WHAT I BELIEVE WAS THE IMPROPER USE OF THEIR (ACTUALLY ALL OF AMERICANS) MT. SURIBACHI MEMORIAL. I TOLD THEM THAT I HOPED THAT THEY WOULD LOOK INTO THIS AND TO MAKE FGW REMOVE IT FROM THEIR WEBSITE. THANK YOU.