Current Events in the Gun Industry

A 61-year-old disabled veteran was forced to fight for his life last week as four men armed with guns invaded his secluded home in north-central Florida. Police say the man was found with a gunshot wound to his stomach and an AR-15 across his legs.

An eighth-grade student in Maryland was suspended last week after administrators at his small private school discovered a social media post in which the young man posed with an airsoft gun.

While PA lawmakers debate wether their school administrators can carry guns at school, UT teachers are attending the sheriff’s training academy.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s much-touted special session to address “gun violence” ended with a whimper yesterday when the state’s Republican legislators moved to adjourn after being in session less than two hours and not debating or voting on any of Gov. Northam’s gun control legislation.

When debate moderator Chuck Todd asked the Democratic candidates which issue they’d tackle first as president, only one candidate named gun control as his top priority. That candidate, California Rep. Eric “Nuke ‘Em!” Swalwell, has now become the first person to drop out of the 2020 race.

The parents of a woman killed at the Route 91 Harvest Musical Festival massacre in Las Vegas are suing Colt and ten other gun-related companies for what they’re calling “illegal, negligent, and wrongful conduct.”

The gun buyback program in New Zealand is not progressing as officials had hoped. After the county’s parliament banned most semi-automatic weapons in the wake of a deadly massacre, less than one percent of the now-prohibited firearms have been turned in.

A new study from researchers at Duke and the University of Chicago suggests that stricter enforcement of current gun laws would have an “immediate and substantial impact on gun crime” because most criminals obtain their firearms illegally and within six months of committing a crime.

A Ford dealership in Alabama used a classic marketing technique this week, but instead of a free hotdog or free movie tickets with purchase, they were offering a free shotgun. But once corporate got involved, the promotion was short-lived.