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Mark's booth at the SHOT is one of those that you can hardly get to, not because of the freebies, but because he is such a great guy and people want to thank him.
Here is a good example.
I was at a trade show at Ft. Bliss.
One of the vendors had a bunch of boxes delevered late, and had to pick them up at the mail room and bring them to the display area. They could only fit one box at the time in their rental SUV.
Mark LaRue volunteered his truck and trailer for the pick-up. Not only that, but when the vendors said that they needed to have the gear set up by 0645, Mark got there at 0620. Then he, along with one of his guys and I, unloaded the truck and had the boxes ready for breakout when the vendors arrived a few minutes late. They then helped place over 200 sets of materials from the boxes before going back to their booth. And this was for a company that they competed with on some products.
Never said a word about it, just helped out and then went back to his business.
I have to tell you, Mark is the kind of guy you want for your neighbor.
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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