A gunsight maker that imprinted Bible verse numbers on its scopes has announced that it will no longer do so, and will also provide clients with the kits to remove the Bible verse numbers from existing scopes. The Michigan-based company, which has a contract to provide up to 800,000 scopes to the U.S. military and provides them to the militaries of other nations as well, prints references to New Testament chapters and verses in code next to the model numbers of its scopes. But it’s caused an uproar among Muslim organizations and advocacy groups for the separation of church and state. Said the leader of one of the latter, “It allows the Mujahedeen, the Taliban, al Qaeda and the insurrectionists and jihadists to claim they’re being shot by Jesus rifles.”
Well, okay. But where were all these people when in both world wars German soldiers wore belt buckles imprinted with “Gott mit uns” (God is with us)?
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Neither these scopes nor their purpose **establishes** a religion. Therefore, it doesn't violate the Constitution. I am offended that Trijicon buckled to the political pressure. Fact is, no other riflescope manufacturer makes as good a scope as they do, and if the US Government pulls the contract, I'd love to hear some politico explain why our troops are being issued anything other than a top-of-the-line piece of equipment just because of a few letters on the side of the scope.
If the jihadists are offended at the so-called "Jesus scopes, I say "Double the order and ship the scopes with a bottle of Silver Bullet Gun Oil made with 13% USDA liquefied pig fat."
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