actually its funny you ask that - stranglehold is about to hook up with
www.tapco.com if you have any aks, glocks, ars, rugers, chances are something on them came from TAPCO - another family of about 60 folks who loves guns and want great art. (and live in GA as well)
Im meeting with them to talk about merging love juices later this week. Stranglehold started selling weapons about 6 months ago (blades) and we are moving into firearm accessories next - the skies the limit. And Yeah
www.bondarms.com in texas make great firearms, that is a long story - but they are awesome. I carry one regularly.
I get a lot of sh*t for the whole interest in guns from some folks, heres the deal: I was born into a wonderful family, I was taught that the protection of that family is my job as a loving participant. I was taught to shoot guns before I even knew what a cuss word was. I was taught safety, respect, and regard for human life, I was taught that a gun is as safe as its owner, and I am extremely careful with my firearms.
I love shooting, my father loves shooting, my wife loves it and a LOT of our staff and clients love it. I have very little free time, and what free time I have I like to spend with close friends and quality firearms, its a hobby, like quilting. hahahahaaaaa it has NOTHING whatsoever to do with my job.
I have been trained in tactical shooting, entry, sub-gun, long-gun, shotgun and hand-gun courses by our local SWAT team, as well as shot piles of law enforcement guns at law enforcement target with the guidance of law enforcement officers. I have had extensive military training with a Lt Colonel involved in special forces focusing on disarming people and using their weapons against them, and Dave Tedder and I have been training off and on for over a year with a DEA firearms teacher (with an incredibly STRICT ciriculum (sp)).
When I came up with the name ALL OR NOTHING, we could start one of three types of ad campaigns and name recognition projects:
1) aon SEX trademark- naked chicks and all that - cheesy and WAY WORSE for professionalism than guns? we would be getting a LOT more hell from everyone STILL for this and the BOND GIRLS s&!t was an obvious "easy choice" However, I feel like that kinda marketing makes girls uncomfortable, and distracts from the art.
2)AON as in Gambling and "risking it all" - and risk is not an image I want to project in my buisnesses, im not a gambler, I lived in vegas for two years, I know better.
3)aon as in hostages and worldomination terroristic style like cobra - which one sounds more fun huh????
yaaaaaaaay for the underdog, and the badguys get all the cool accessories.
everybody loves a bad guy - Im a bad guy nerd. Cobra commander, Destro, Darth Vader, Megatron, cmon??? they rule.
and you know this man -
so we went with option 3 - and by we I guess I mean Me cause at the time I was alone. They say "stick with what ya know" - and I know about two things, tatzapping and firearms. I decided to leave the sex out. but I do know a little somethng about that too?????? hahahahaaaa