There are many disparaging comments and claims made here and other places. Some have to do with the origin of the material used in the amour offered for sale, and others have to do with persons who have been in some authoritative position in the company. I shall not address the veracity of any of those comments, and no connection of what I write next should be affiliated thereto.
These three facts remain, that (1) I was present in the Bourque Industries facility during a live demonstration of the product and am a personal witness to several tests firing with an AK-47. The amour plate used took multiple hits at close range from the AK-47 and stopped every shot fired without a single penetration through the back side of the same plate, (2), the amour plates were made available to me for purchase at a price I was willing to pay to acquire the plates necessary to fill the vest of a close family member who wears armor almost every day at his place of deployment, and (3) based on actual performance, we are more confident in the Bourque Industries armor plate that any available ceramic plate which was previously used.
I am making no assertion or personal prediction of what will happen to this company in the future. However, it appears to me now that if anyone is to revive operations of this company it will be under the direction of John Bourque, regardless of any personal weakness he may have. The only alternative I see to that is if Mr. Bourque works in the shadows behind a different company leader who may be more effective. I have heard of no one else actually doing anything positive with the company. Why do I believe this? It is because Mr. Bourque has a substantial personal vested interest to make the company viable and stock price pleasurable.
