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Marines Special Operations to Use Colt .45 Close Quarter Battle Pistols
Colt Defense LLC will manufacture more than 10,000 new .45 Close Quarter Battle Pistols for the Marine Corps’ elite special operations. This new contract for the 1911-style pistols will phase out the M45s currently used by the Corps. As reported by Military.com, “The July 19 [2012] contract, which has a total value of $22.5 [...]
Former Thompson/Center Employees Form New Gun Manufacturer
Rochester, New York, lost about 200 manufacturing jobs last year when gun maker Thompson/Center Arms was relocated to Massachusetts by its parent company, Smith & Wesson. Now, some former T/C employees have formed a startup business, LHR Sporting Arms, LLC, and plan to manufacturer long-guns for hunters and target shooters. As Foster’s Daily Democrat [...]
Cleveland Police Department Selects Stag Arms Rifles
Stag Arms was recently supplied the Cleveland Ohio Police Department with 100 of its Stag Arms Model 2s, now the official rifle of the department. Working with the Cleveland PD to keep costs down, Stag Arms created a modified, accessorized version of the Model 2 built “from the ground up,” that came complete with the [...]
Poll: Americans Love the NRA
A recent poll done by Reuters/Ipsos, “found that the National Rifle Association (NRA) was viewed favorably by 68% of Americans, and unfavorably by 32%,” Second Amendment author David Kopel recently noted in a column for the online news source, The Volokh Conspiracy. “Unlike most polls, the Reuters poll apparently did not allow ‘unsure’ or ‘undecided’ [...]
Ohio PD Sells Guns for New Gear
Last September, the Springfield Police Division (SPD), Springfield, Ohio, acquired 17 new M-4 carbines with a value of just over $14,229. Now, the Division is looking to upgrade its shotguns to the tune of some $15,000. “The division, however, isn’t using taxpayer money to acquire the firearms,” the Springfield News-Sun reported. “It’s acquiring all [...]
Army Bans After-Market Magazines
The U.S. Army has announced, “that soldiers may use only government-issued magazines with their M4 carbines, a move that effectively bans one of the most dependable and widely used commercial-made magazines on today’s battlefield,” Military.com reported. The Army’s “safety of use” message didn’t mention any specific make or model of magazines, though according to Military.com, [...]
Michigan Concealed Carry Gains Acceptance
Michigan concealed carry has gained acceptance by the state’s residents as a whole. As the Detroit News recently reported, “Of 401,000 active concealed pistol licenses in Michigan, more than half – 202,353 – were issued in the past five years, nearly 20,000 in 2008 alone, according to Michigan State Police data.” “There’s a ton of [...]
Iowa Governor Branstad Rejects Lead Shot Ban for Dove Hunting
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad has rescinded a rule against use of lead ammunition in dove hunts. The Iowa Natural Resources Commission, a citizens’ panel appointed by the governor, passed that rule last year, over claims that lead shot for dove hunting was, somehow, a threat to human health. “That upset some hunters and some gun [...]
Does Bank of America Discriminate Against Gun Makers?
UPDATE: Click here to watch a video of Kelly McMillan discussing the Bank of America controversy. Arizona-based McMillan, which produces custom-made rifles, ammunition, gunstocks and other related gear, recently announced that the Bank of America had apparently stopped doing business with McMillan because it made and sold firearms. According to FoxNews, “Kelly McMillan, operations director [...]
CrossBreed Holsters Sponsors Personal Defense Network Training Tour 2012
Holster manufacturer CrossBreed Holsters, LLC, has announced its sponsorship of the Personal Defense Network (PDN) Training Tour 2012. “CrossBreed is proud to partner with the best of the industry on many levels,” says Mark Craighead of CrossBreed. “We think that PDN and [lead instructor] Rob Pincus are doing a great thing with a worthy cause, [...]
