Trijicon: No more Bible references on scopes

[unhappycamper]

Trijicon ACOG series sight on an M240 machine gun. At the end is an abbreviated reference to Psalms 27:1. One translation of the verse says, "The Lord is my light and my salvation/whom shall I fear?/The Lord is the stronghold of my life/of whom shall I be afraid?"


Trijicon: No more Bible references on scopes
By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jan 21, 2010 17:00:27 EST

A company under fire for etching biblical references on rifle scopes used by the U.S. military said Thursday it will stop the practice, and offered to provide modification kits to the Pentagon to enable their removal on existing optics.

Michigan-based Trijicon Inc. made the announcement in a statement released by Levick Strategic Communications, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that specializes in crisis management.

“Trijicon has proudly served the U.S. military for more than two decades, and our decision to offer to voluntarily remove these references is both prudent and appropriate,” Trijicon president Stephen Bindon said in a statement. “We want to thank the Department of Defense for the opportunity to work with them and will move as quickly as possible to provide the modification kits for deployment overseas.”

Trijicon also said it will remove the inscriptions from all products it has made for the military, but not yet shipped, and that it will provide foreign military services that purchased Trijicon products the same options.

Company officials said Monday in a report on ABC News’ “Nightline” news program that it included coded references to Bible passages on its products, including optics used by U.S. troops currently in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a statement released Tuesday, the company said it adopted the practice “as part of our faith and our belief in service to country.”


Rest of article at: http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/01/military_optics_012109w/

[saigon68]

1. Loosely Translated

Kill a (insert racial epithet here) -head for Jayzeus

[Tejas]

2. I'll be happy to stand in line if the US military surpluses them. nt

[Statistical]

5. Oh so true.

I would buy all the "defective" trijicon close quarters combat sights for say half price. :)

Somehow I down the Jeebus reference makes it any less accurate.

[cali]

3. freepwads are in a hilarious uproar over this.

[old mark]

4. I really prefer Psa 3:7....

Link: http://bible.cc/psalms/3-7.htm


Love all that "smiting" shit.

mark