Trijicon biblical verses controversy

On 18 January 2010, ABC News reported Trijicon was placing references to verses in the Bible in the serial numbers of sights sold to the United States Armed Forces.

[2] Tom Munson, director of sales and marketing for Trijicon, said the practice of including the references was started in 1981 by Glyn Bindon, the company's founder and a devout Christian, who died in a 2003 plane crash.

[5]On 20 January 2010, the BBC reported that the British Ministry of Defence, which had—when unaware of the issue—recently purchased 480 Trijicon sights for use in Afghanistan, appreciated that the markings could cause offense, and had taken the matter up with the company.

[7] On 22 January 2010, Trijicon announced it would stop the practice of engraving Biblical references on products sold to the US Army.

It also offered to provide modification kits for the purpose of removing such engravings on sights already produced and sold to the military.

A Trijicon ACOG TA01-NSN referencing the Bible verses from 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.”
Another Trijicon scope marked with 1 John 1:7: "But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin."