Because apparently no news is not good news, ABC decided to go to the basement vault to create a story.  On Monday, Jan 18th, ABC reported that U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret ‘Jesus’ Bible Codes.  The story points out that Trijicon has inscribed Bible versus onto the scopes that they sell the U.S. Military.  A member of an atheist group was upset about this finding and decided to make a big issue out of this as what he calls a violation of  “church and state” and Federal law. What Federal law is violated is up to anyone’s guess and anyone who has read the Constitution knows that “separation of church and state” is not part of that document.  The main problem with ABC’s article is that it is 4 years old and the scope manufacturer has been putting the inscriptions on their scopes for 23 years.  To top things off the Bible verse are part of the serial numbers of the scopes.  For example: the 32mm lens ACOG sight serial number is ACOG4X32JN8:12, with JN8:12 standing for John 8:12.

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Bob Owens from Pajamas Media believes that the only reason this story popped up again, is that someone on a bulletin board rediscovered the issue a couple of weeks ago and ABC ran with the story.  Mr. Owen also points out how the scope’s use by the military was a big step forward in field optics.  The fact that the scopes have been used for 23 years points to their quality and usefulness and not to some agenda to make the U.S. Army into a group of crusading nights.

I hope that this story by ABC back fires on them and increases sales for Trijicon.  Trijicon’s founder put his Christian faith out in the open for everyone to see.  He ran his company based on that faith and he boldly showed it by making it part of the company’s mission statement.

Guided by our values, we endeavor to have our products used wherever precision aiming solutions are required to protect individual freedom.

This is just another example of the media taking a minority view point and twisting it order to attach Christian values.  It shows that reporting is no longer reporting anymore, just sensationalism without any facts to back it up.  I have not used Trijicon’s scopes and they are a little pricey, but I know that if I do plan on getting a sight or scope, that I will look at Trijicon’s products first.  I will do this to support an American company making products in this country and a company that bravely puts forth its Christian values.