As we approach the 2013 sales year, is the crossbow in a position to become for the archery industry what the AR-platform rifle is to the firearms industry? In the prophetic vernacular of the novelty Magic 8-Ball that was popular back in the 1960s and 70s: “Signs point to yes,” and “You may rely on …
Amber, Okla. resident Russell Slaton, a long-time gun owner, shops for a firearm at H&H Shooting Sports in Oklahoma City. OKLAHOMA CITY – The morning after President Barack Obama was re-elected, business appeared to be pretty normal at the very popular and successful H&H Shooting Sports, with customers looking at handguns and folks getting something …
Springfield’s Range Officer appealed to me before I even picked one up simply because of its name. When I worked as a Range Safety Officer in the Marines and at the U.S. Training Center, one particular instruction regarding the responsibility for safety was driven home: Everyone is a range officer. Now, I’m pretty certain that …
OKLAHOMA RESIDENTS: Call Sen. Coburn’s Office NOW Tell him to let The Sportsmen’s Act go to a vote – Call 202-224-5754 All hunters, target shooters and sportsmen living in Oklahoma are asked to call Sen.Tom Coburn’s office TODAY, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Dr. Coburn, your Senator, is threatening to hold up a vote scheduled for …
President Obama’s re-election has sent Americans running to the gun stores. Sales of firearms and ammunition are way up in reaction to Mr. Obama saying during the debates he wants to ban everything from “cheap handguns” to common hunting rifles with scary-looking features. The two publicly traded U.S. gunmakers have seen investors flock to their …
Cook County, Illinois quietly took another step toward it’s becoming a retail-free zone last Friday. The commission passed a 2013 budget that included the much-discussed $25 per firearm tax for any gun sold there, but they didn’t stop there. The reasoning behind the “violence tax” according to Board President Toni Preckwinkle is “gun violence is …
