We talked about it here in length. Still when I deal with this meme I frequently rebut it with modern examples.
Gun Companies operating strictly for the public safety with no actual liability seen is VERY old:
Watch the whole video because it’s interesting, but the point I’m making starts at the 4:10 mark.
Winchester produced a black-powder shotgun just before smokeless cartridges really started hitting the market. When their design became outdated and potentially dangerous if people fired the wrong shells (which would be operator error…IF somebody had been injured it would be a case that Winchester might have effectively fought. Hell this exists today with +P ammo, or .410 shotguns where you totally can chamber a .454 Casull in, as well as black-powder replica guns…or just regular muzzle loaders where you can easily pour your favorite smokeless powder in and make a delightful pipe bomb) So Winchester offered anybody with an 1893 shotgun a free 1897 if they traded their older model in.
I’m sure Winchester did this at a loss, but it was the smart, safe, and best thing to do.
Of course there was no governing body that declared they MUST do this, and again, I doubt anybody was hurt from shooting the wrong shells in an 1893 Winchester shotgun.
