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Archive for February, 2008

New Website Store is Up and Running

Posted by William Kapeles on February 24, 2008

Due to overwhelming demand for quotes and orders, we have launched a web site that will allow you to order firearms and accessories from the comfort of your home. Our old website is still there, though in much less of a robust form. Most of the links we have scattered around the internet will not work, and people have been complaining about broken links. The benefits of launching this site, however, far outweigh the problems associated with the change.

Check out the new site. You can start at www.bpcustomshop.com, the portal for our old site, or you can go directly to the store at www.bpcustomshop.com/store. Please give us your feedback. (And do not tell us we need more product - we have over 10,000 products to enter into the database. It will take some time.)

Thanks for making our little gun shop into the small distributor we are today! Keep supporting us and we will keep getting you the nation’s best deals on firearms!

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Website Is Offline for a Bit

Posted by William Kapeles on February 22, 2008

We are in the middle of adding a HUGE online shopping cart to our web presence.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you, but it must be done.  We are so bogged down with quote requests, orders, and technical questions that we are struggling to meet the current workload!  Our new site will allow our customers to order directly from us at regular and wholesale club prices.  Please bear with us while we develop this great new tool.  In the meantime, please feel free to send your quote requests into us via email at info at bpcustomshop.com

Thank you!

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Mexico Wants U.S. Border Patrol to Stop Defending Themselves from Attacks

Posted by William Kapeles on February 5, 2008

This was sent over the internet via the Reuters news service:

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is demanding that U.S. Border Patrol agents stop using tear gas to protect themselves against increased attacks as they try to keep illegal immigrants from entering the United States.

Mexico’s Foreign Ministry also requested a U.S. probe into an incident last month where 15-year-old Cristian Saldana was struck in the nose by a tear gas canister after he threw stones at U.S. agents trying to stop people from crossing illegally from the Mexican border city of Tijuana near San Diego.

Saying the use of tear gas was unacceptable under any circumstances, the ministry sent a letter to the U.S. Embassy requesting the investigation and said it was also setting up talks with U.S. officials through its consular network.

Mexico’s human rights commission says Border Patrol agents have fired tear gas into Mexico at least six times since November.

“Launching tear gas does not contribute in any way to a climate of understanding and collaboration,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued late on Thursday.

The Border Patrol in Washington was not immediately available for comment but officials have told Reuters their border measures are aimed at upholding U.S. law.

Border-wide assaults on agents reached a record 250 between October 1 and December 16 last year, according to the latest U.S. figures.

U.S.-Mexico relations are strained over border issues as the United States increases its deportations of illegal immigrants and builds a fence along hundreds of miles (km) of the frontier with Mexico to keep out migrants without papers.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon says U.S. treatment of undocumented Mexican workers is “abusive” and amounts to persecution.

(Reporting by Robin Emmott; Editing by Peter Cooney)

OK, aside from the understood incompetency and liberal bias of the media, This is still horse crap. Let’s break this down logically.

1.  “15-year-old Cristian Saldana was struck in the nose by a tear gas canister after he threw stones at U.S. agents trying to stop people from crossing illegally…”  Really?  Amazing?  If you assault law enforcement officers while breaking the law you will get hurt.  This is news?  This is different than any American citizen would experience if they throw rocks at their local cop during a traffic stop?

2.   “Mexico’s human rights commission says Border Patrol agents have fired tear gas into Mexico at least six times since November.”  It’s only fair, really, as Mexico sent thousands of people into the U.S. over the last year.  What is 6 cans of tear gas to the multitudes of their people we take care of annually?

3.   “”Launching tear gas does not contribute in any way to a climate of understanding and collaboration,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued late on Thursday.”  Exactly correct.  It contributes to keeping illegal workers and terrorists out of our country.  If we wanted understanding and collaboration, we would host a sit in with Hollywood stars to protest something irrelevant.  On the border, the message is simple but clear:  stay the hell out.

4.   “U.S.-Mexico relations are strained over border issues as the United States increases its deportations of illegal immigrants and builds a fence along hundreds of miles (km) of the frontier with Mexico to keep out migrants without papers.”  I cannot believe this is actually being published.  Mexico is pissed because we kick its citizens out of our country and send them home.  I cannot understand this.  Please help me.

This is not news, folks.  Mexican nationals are breaking the law by entering this country without proper documentation and procedures.  We treat them no differently than we treat undocumented Canadians or Cubans, or Russians.  There’s just more of them, so now we are “persecuting” them.  BS.

Before anyone writes this garbage, perhaps they should ask themselves this question:  If what we do to Mexicans is deemed persecution, then what is the Mexican government doing for its citizens that makes them leave their homeland in such numbers?

Seal the border OR allow open immigration - just give them all social security numbers and make them pay taxes.  And shut off the welfare tap while you’re at it.

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One Week Sale - Prices Valid Until 2.10.08 Taurus, FNH, Others!

Posted by William Kapeles on February 5, 2008

These prices have just been released to us. They are valid as long as quantities last, or until 2.10.08. Order NOW! The pricing is subject to our standard and membership pricing structures. Prices shown are member prices. Use of credit card adds 3%. Shipping is $15 for each 2 handguns or $20 per rifle.Taurus PT111 Millenium Pro 9mm $250.95 + shipping!

Taurus PT24/7 Pro 9mm $260.95 + shipping!

Springfield 1911A1 Tactical Response Pistol Package $1249.59 + shipping

Springfield XD45 Compact $488.70 + shipping

Springfield XD40 and XD357Sig $415.44 + shipping

Springfield 1911A1 Operator Light Rail Pistol Package $907.56 + shipping

FNH FNP-9 $380.99 + shipping

FNH PS-90 magazines (50 round cap) $51.99

Get these while you can! Non-member pricing is those shown + $19.00. To order, go to bpcustomshop.com or call 307-234-6722 M-Sat 1pm - 6 pm MST.

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Andy Rooney’s Comments from 60 Minutes

Posted by William Kapeles on February 1, 2008

One of our wholesalers sent this out in a email.  I would like to thank them for giving voice to some sage words from one of America’s few leading conservative media commentators.  Andy Rooney is not just a conservative voice, he is a quintessential American voice.  Those that disagree with the following should read it again, and change the way they view themselves, their fellow Americans, immigrants, and America itself.  Please feel free to copy this or link to this post and get this message out to everyone you can.

Andy Rooney said on “60 Minutes” a few weeks back:
I don’t think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except
numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory
are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black
Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like
the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment
Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens…Jesse Jackson
will be knocking down your door.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You
can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to
ban you from driving to the ball game.

I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is why there
are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING
MARTHA BURKE ?

I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it
is an opinion.

I have the right “NOT” to be tolerant of others because they are
different, weird, or tick me off.

When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of
the population is black, that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of
Probability.

I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a
newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of
fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak
English!

My father and grandfather didn’t die in vain so you can leave the
countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.

I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten
them after they tell you to stop. If you can’t underst and the word
“freeze” or “stop” in English, see the above lines.

I don’t think just because you were not born in this country, you are
qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans
or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store,
or any other business.

We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives
in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come
over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to
their interpretations.

I don’t hate the rich and I don’t pity the poor

I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That
doesn’t stop you from watching them.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and
continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next
operating system that’s better, and put your name on the building

It doesn’t take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take
a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when
necessary, and say “NO!”

I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don’t
pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that
new lip ring heals. I don’t want to look at your ugly infected mouth as
you serve me French fries!

I am sick of “Political Correctness.” I know a lot of black people, and
not a single one of them was born in Africa ; so how can they be
“African-Americans”? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don’t go around
saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great,
great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America
and nowhere else

And if you don’t like my point of view, tough..
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE,  WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time
understanding why there is such a problem in having “In God We Trust” on
our money and having “God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don’t we just
tell the 14% to  BE QUIET!!!

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