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Mick Strider has some explaining to do.
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BS legal wrangling?...So are the purported legal documents in this thread and the legal allegations some people in this forum are making regarding felony gun possession BS?........................................
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In California, malicious prosecution, by a prosecutor or police, is an absolute defense and bar to prosecution for the offense alledged....You file a motion, have a hearing, and if you have enough evidence and the judge rules in your favor, you can't be prosecuted.....Oh fishsticks....I'm sorry, that doesn't apply to this cartoon court....Listen, if you chime in with a thread or post, you should be challenged as to motive....Invoking elaw is poop....This darn freewheeling internet.
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Why was that bullshit, because I wasn't grinding anyones rep down?....It was a nice conversation regarding a topic on this thread...Or was his DD-214 never in question?
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YAWN!
This AGAIN! Please!
My 2 cents:
Mick was my late husbands 'brother'.
He is my brother as well.
He is family.
He is someone I do business with.
He is one of a few- of my greatest allies - in keeping Simonich knives "alive" after Rob's death.
Please do not make negative implications invloving Simonich Knives and Mick Strider in the future. It is not your place. Only I know the truth and the good work that he has done on the behalf of my business and family.
However I will gladly stand up to any issue involoving my business and Mick.....if need be....
Again Spark, I thanked you for your offer to invest in Simonich Knives - but politley declined. Do we need to make the details more public? I think not. Its nobodys business but ours....
Jealousy, envy anger and gossip are all very powerful things. I am not going to participate or acknowledge anything in that manner. I would suggest to most of you, to do the same. It is hard on the heart and makes the speaker look foolish. And thank you Michelle, for your comments. Mob mentality for sure!
Oh! That reminds me, do you suppose that Mick might be the real father of Ann Nicholes baby?
(Thats a joke people!)
This AGAIN! Please!
My 2 cents:
Mick was my late husbands 'brother'.
He is my brother as well.
He is family.
He is someone I do business with.
He is one of a few- of my greatest allies - in keeping Simonich knives "alive" after Rob's death.
Please do not make negative implications invloving Simonich Knives and Mick Strider in the future. It is not your place. Only I know the truth and the good work that he has done on the behalf of my business and family.
However I will gladly stand up to any issue involoving my business and Mick.....if need be....
Again Spark, I thanked you for your offer to invest in Simonich Knives - but politley declined. Do we need to make the details more public? I think not. Its nobodys business but ours....
Jealousy, envy anger and gossip are all very powerful things. I am not going to participate or acknowledge anything in that manner. I would suggest to most of you, to do the same. It is hard on the heart and makes the speaker look foolish. And thank you Michelle, for your comments. Mob mentality for sure!
Oh! That reminds me, do you suppose that Mick might be the real father of Ann Nicholes baby?
(Thats a joke people!)
With the e-caveat that malicious prosecution means that there wasn't sufficient cause to bring the charges in the first place. DA's grandstand all the time. They bring and publicize cases that will get them reelected. That is not malicious prosecution.
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Christine, please call me because I cannot imagine how what I put together would even remotely be called an "investment" and you are correct, it is not for public discussion.
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Ok, After reading all of these posts (even the off track, and nasty ones), I have come to some personal thoughts and conclusions based on these posts and previous references. I have not checked anything on some of the other sites referenced. I am not a member of the Badlands forums or Tactical forums, and no longer active at USN (not banned as far as I know, just not active enough to remember my sign in). The following is my opinion only:
I have seen enough to prove Mick Strider was a Ranger, and for whatever little time he served, he should be proud of that. (As far as I'm concerned the time spent AWOL and why he was DX'd is past history and no longer an issue.) If he embellished his military career to sell knives and boost how people thought of him, he should be more than ashamed!
I could care less that he was in jail or a felon. That is past and old history. Has he used/handled guns since? I have no idea, and even Mick just alluding to it, does not make it true in a court of law. There will be enough backlash from this and other threads that I suspect it Mr. Strider will be very careful how he handles himself when he is anywhere close to guns. If not, then he deserves to be caught.
My opinion is if he had been in government approved black ops between his discharge and arrest, he would have spent time in a military prison verses a federal prison. I do think that Mick Strider allowed others to misrepresent his experience. I think he may have even done so. Has he said enough in a verifiable way to get the interest of the legal groups involved in the Stolen Honor Law? Possibly, but that is up to them, not me.
Did that misrepresentation help build Strider Knives? Yes it probably did. But so did Duane's reputation, solid knife designs, the ability to listen to customers needs and turn them into workable solutions, the ability to produce according to specs and schedules of government contracts, and a customer service that worked well. Honestly all of that built Strider Knives into the solid business it is today far more than any misleading hype!
While I don't know Mick Strider, I have read some of the good things he has done both personally and through Strider Knives for his friends and for various members of the military. From what I've read, he seems to occasioanally be crude and tasteless, but I can't condemn a man for that. Mick Strider seems to have grown into a very different man than the one of his youth...not by any means perfect, but I don't know anyone that would fit the criteria of perfect. It seems the good in the man far out weighs anything that would be considered bad in his past.
As I am planning to go to the Blade Show, I will stop by the Badlands booth and make a point to meet Mick Strider. Would I be willing to tell him all of this in person? If it came up, of course. From the company he hangs out with, I suspect he would listen, and form his own opinion of me just as I've formed of him. If not, then, I've lost nothing.
Kevin, while I am glad this issue was brought up, I'm not sure you can accomplish anything more. Is there anyway to have a cease and desist order (or appropriate document) for the misleading advertising done by Buck Knives, and advertisments and articles in various magazines? That should solve that issue, and I suspect neither Strider Knives, nor Mick Strider would be hurt at all by the lack of hype about his background.
Ok, I've said my piece. Unless there is something earth shattering to change my viewpoint, I won't bother posting again. This thread seems to be completely disintegrating from good solid information and questions to personal attacks and idiots on both sides clogging things up.
Pam
I have seen enough to prove Mick Strider was a Ranger, and for whatever little time he served, he should be proud of that. (As far as I'm concerned the time spent AWOL and why he was DX'd is past history and no longer an issue.) If he embellished his military career to sell knives and boost how people thought of him, he should be more than ashamed!
I could care less that he was in jail or a felon. That is past and old history. Has he used/handled guns since? I have no idea, and even Mick just alluding to it, does not make it true in a court of law. There will be enough backlash from this and other threads that I suspect it Mr. Strider will be very careful how he handles himself when he is anywhere close to guns. If not, then he deserves to be caught.
My opinion is if he had been in government approved black ops between his discharge and arrest, he would have spent time in a military prison verses a federal prison. I do think that Mick Strider allowed others to misrepresent his experience. I think he may have even done so. Has he said enough in a verifiable way to get the interest of the legal groups involved in the Stolen Honor Law? Possibly, but that is up to them, not me.
Did that misrepresentation help build Strider Knives? Yes it probably did. But so did Duane's reputation, solid knife designs, the ability to listen to customers needs and turn them into workable solutions, the ability to produce according to specs and schedules of government contracts, and a customer service that worked well. Honestly all of that built Strider Knives into the solid business it is today far more than any misleading hype!
While I don't know Mick Strider, I have read some of the good things he has done both personally and through Strider Knives for his friends and for various members of the military. From what I've read, he seems to occasioanally be crude and tasteless, but I can't condemn a man for that. Mick Strider seems to have grown into a very different man than the one of his youth...not by any means perfect, but I don't know anyone that would fit the criteria of perfect. It seems the good in the man far out weighs anything that would be considered bad in his past.
As I am planning to go to the Blade Show, I will stop by the Badlands booth and make a point to meet Mick Strider. Would I be willing to tell him all of this in person? If it came up, of course. From the company he hangs out with, I suspect he would listen, and form his own opinion of me just as I've formed of him. If not, then, I've lost nothing.
Kevin, while I am glad this issue was brought up, I'm not sure you can accomplish anything more. Is there anyway to have a cease and desist order (or appropriate document) for the misleading advertising done by Buck Knives, and advertisments and articles in various magazines? That should solve that issue, and I suspect neither Strider Knives, nor Mick Strider would be hurt at all by the lack of hype about his background.
Ok, I've said my piece. Unless there is something earth shattering to change my viewpoint, I won't bother posting again. This thread seems to be completely disintegrating from good solid information and questions to personal attacks and idiots on both sides clogging things up.
Pam
Looking at my DD-214, there are some sections that Have CAPITILIZED LETTERS and Some THat Do nOt.
I guess I should be sent to prison for falsifying a federal docoment.
I saw another post where the DD-214 is typed up electronically. I call BS as I was there when the Seargant was tying up my paperwork on a manual typewriter and specifically remember him making corrections due to typo errors.
BTW, I have the NOV 88 dated form. I'm a super boot.
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