Current Events in the Gun Industry

“These “toys” are also sending mixed messages and diluting the most important ones: guns are no joke. Guns aren’t innocent, even if they are “harmless” and in plastic form,” wrote Levy.

“No Texan should be deprived of their right to self-protection because of onerous licensing fees imposed by the state,” said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

Lemonis has been posting updates on his Twitter account, and he says he plans to rebrand Gander Mountain under the name “Gander Outdoors” and price firearms more competitively.

President Donald Trump is creating more black gun owners, NBC News reports. “While no agency or group keeps track of gun sales by race, interviews with firearms dealers and gun clubs across the country strongly suggest a sharp rise in the number of African-Americans buying guns since Trump’s election,” writes Trymaine Lee of NBC News. [...]

There’s nothing better than the smell of lead at a shooting range on a sunny Saturday morning. But according to a new study published in the April issue of Environmental Health, that smell might be more dangerous than you think.

“He pointed the gun at me and he said, ‘Don’t you say a thing. Don’t you dare move,’” said the M Streets homeowner.

It would mandate that all newly manufactured handguns use this technology within five years, and that existing handguns be retrofitted with this technology within ten years.

An Ohio middle school student was temporarily suspended for “liking” an Instagram post of what appeared to be a firearm. It turned out to be airsoft.

Now, with the passage of SB 128, the state will be required to bring “clear and convincing evidence” that self-defense shootings are unjustified before prosecuting the person involved in the incident.