parent cat5 commerce website official website tacticalgear.com is a website that sells tactical and survival gear largely for military and law enforcement professionals . contents 1 history 2 merchandise 3 controversies 4 references 5 external links history edit the company is a subsidiary of chesterfield missouri based cat5 commerce and accounts for about sixty percent of cat5 s revenue . 1 2 cat5 s first web property was bdu.com which sold military gear online founded in 2004 by chad weinman . weinman serves as the current ceo of tacticalgear.com . 3 tacticalgear.com was founded in february 2011 along with an industry blog . 4 5 merchandise edit tacticalgear.com sells tactical gear but does not sell firearms . 6 tacticalgear.com s main client base consists of police forces and overseas combat troops who are looking to augment their arsenal . the site also sells its items to hobbyists and collectors . 1 7 it sells clothing footwear equipment uniforms and firearms accessories such as sights and holsters . controversies edit in 2012 the company was involved in a public relations mishap after it sold james eagan holmes the armor used during a mass shooting in aurora colorado which left 12 people dead and 70 others wounded . the company received threatening communications following the incident . 6 in addition to those who blamed it for aiding in the massacre it also was attacked by gun rights supporters who criticized it for issuing a statement denying having sold weapons to holmes . 8 references edit a b lisa brown july 23 2012 . company that sold gear to colorado shooting suspect taking heat . st. louis post dispatch . eb solomont january 11 2013 . cat5 commerce doubles its footprint in chesterfield . st. louis business journal . retrieved october 7 2014 . matthew hibbard february 7 2014 . chad weinman 36 . st. louis business journal . retrieved october 7 2014 . cat5 commerce launches online stores tacticalgear.com and militarygear.com . february 22 2011 . retrieved october 7 2014 . 13qs with tacticalgear.com s jeanette kozlowski . june 2 2011 . retrieved october 7 2014 . a b jessica lussenhop july 24 2012 . local company sold james holmes his assault vest ; receiving threats . riverfront times . retrieved october 7 2014 . denise bertacchi july 21 2012 . chesterfield military supply store linked to colorado theater shooting . chesterfield patch . retrieved october 7 2014 . http www.denverpost.com 2012 07 24 retailer who sold to holmes getting backlash external links edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tacticalgear.com & oldid 733739522 categories 2011 establishments in the united statescompanies based in chesterfield missouriinternet properties established in 2011firearm commerce navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 august 2016 at 20 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view