As the “Great Ammunition Shortage” continues, police departments across the country are struggling to supply their arsenals. One police chief turned to the community for help, and citizens stepped up. In Proctor, Minnesota, police chief Walter Wobig says that his suppliers have told him he’ll have to wait “months” for the 1,000 rounds he’s requested. When …
Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Carter (R-Texas) and fellow HSAS member Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) have introduced the Secure Firearms Act, which would provide up to a $1,200 federal income tax deduction for the purchase of a gun safe, or other safety device, through 2014 as well as prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from using tax deduction …
ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Caliber Company, the parent company of Savage Sports Corporation. Savage is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of hunting rifles and shotguns, delivering innovative products for more than 100 years. The acquisition would expand ATK’s portfolio offering by adding long guns to its …
Remington released a statement on Tuesday confirming what many gun owners already knew based upon previous reports, they’re not leaving The Empire State despite the passage of the noxious NY SAFE Act. It appears that from Remington’s perspective, the right thing to do is to serve the interests of their “loyal and hard working” employees and to stand and …
Ping pong balls, braided fibers, steel an PVC. Artist Michael Murphy of Milledgeville, GA want’s to get the conversation about gun control going. On display at the Association for Visual Arts (AVA) in Chattanooga TN until the end of June. “Guns are fetishized in the U.S.,” says Murphy, an artist and assistant professor of art and technology …
It was the State Department. The alleged offense, a possible export law violation: On Thursday, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson received a letter from the State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance demanding that he take down the online blueprints for the 3D-printable “Liberator” handgun that his group released Monday, along with nine other …
