Category: Industry News

Teaching Kids Gun Safety at Texas Gun Camps

Teaching Kids Gun Safety at Texas Gun Camps

Texas youth introduced to firearm safety while learning core fundamentals

Teaching kids gun safety and how to prevent accidental shootings is the goal of two Texas-based gun ranges with a strategy designed to implement good firearm practices for America's youth. According to Bearing Arms, Shoot Smart Gun Range and Training Center in both Grand Prairie and…
Posted 8 years ago
By Michael Thomas
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Shooting Group Pledges Money for Suicide Prevention

Shooting Group Pledges Money for Suicide Prevention

Effort seeks to avert 10,000 deaths over the next decade

Mental health and suicide prevention is taking center stage in a new campaign funded by the National Shooting Sports Foundation. This top trade group in the gun industry is partnering with the country’s leading suicide prevention organization, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Together the…
Posted 8 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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Smith & Wesson Stocks Surge After New FBI Background Check Figures

Smith & Wesson Stocks Surge Following Record High Background Checks

Gun manufacturer's stock prices explode after FBI releases new figures

Gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson saw a huge surge in its share price as it hit an all-time high after the FBI released information that background checks in July had also beat previous records. Smith & Wesson, the nation's second largest gun manufacturer, had shares close…
Posted 8 years ago
By Michael Thomas
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Massachusetts Sued Over Gun Laws

Smith & Wesson Donates $500,000 to Group Fighting Massachusetts Law

In response to Attorney General's crackdown on "copycat assault weapons"

In response to the Massachusetts Attorney General's crackdown on "copycat assault weapons" that we published about in this post called "Massachusetts Gun Dealers Feeling Assault Weapon Crackdown," gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson announced yesterday that they were donating $500,000 to the US's largest gun industry…
Posted 8 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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Replacements still pending for the current Modular Handgun System (MHS)

Replacements still pending for the current Modular Handgun System (MHS)

3 pistols the DOD is considering for U.S. military personnel

The Department of Defense is on the brink of deciding which three pistols will be the new sidearms outfitted on military personnel in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). According to Popular Mechanics, one of the three finalists could go on to…
Posted 8 years ago
By Michael Thomas
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Identilock smart technology to childproof guns

Smart Gun Technology: Fingerprint Recognition Helps Childproof Guns

Identilock Most Childproof Device for Gun Safety?

Smart gun technology is designed to make firearms safer. If there's a way to make guns childproof, it might garner even more interest. Omer Kiyani, the developer of Identilock, found stories of teen suicides and accidental shooting deaths disturbing. He responded by coming up with…
Posted 8 years ago
By Michael Thomas
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