Most likely those guns weren’t used in a crime, even if one of the rifles were used to assassinate Arch Duke Ferdinand, it would not make the gun “tainted”, it was the shooter, not the tool that did the deed.
Destroying a valuable tool to make the inept feel more secure, even if an illusion, is not something I can condone.
Now back to topic, Hogue makes excellent knives, terrific machining, quality materials, some of the finest edges on a production knife, I’m not a big Elishewitz fan, I personally find most of his designs “funky”, but he has some that are winners in my book.
I am glad Hogue exists and personally don’t mind them giving benchmade some competition, I used it to be a fan of benchmade, but over the years they have interested me less and less, Hogue however has my eye.