The “pause” on the use of P320-based modular handgun system pistols such as the M17 and M18 will remain in place until the fatal incident is fully investigated.
It seems that as states began to expand consumers’ legal right to have, carry, and use handguns for self-defense, the industry seized on the opportunity to sell the idea of armed self-defense to what was still a relatively untapped market of women.
You can’t repeal the laws of economics. Buyers who know the total cost of a silencer they want will drop significantly in six months are going to hold onto their cash until then.
Ruger will integrate the Anderson facility’s capabilities into its broader operations, with a focus on launching new products, expanding Ruger’s popular product lines and growing its established accessories business.
The Wall Street Journal reported, “Big banks are trying to get out of the crosshairs of Republican states that are cracking down on companies for ‘woke’ policies that conservative policymakers say are illegal and discriminatory.”
Bigger, more diversified companies will find their way through a “challenging environment. For others, the challenge has proven too tough to overcome. Smaller companies are increasingly shuttering, albeit quietly. Others are passing their businesses on to stronger groups.
The goal of animal rights activist groups like NhRP, the Wilberforce Institute is to use any tools available – the courts, the ballot box, or now, increasingly, major banking institutions – to push their radical anti-hunting, anti-gun animal rights agenda.
I find myself reflecting on the fact that we are seeing some of the long-burning lights of our industry flickering and going out. The thing I realize most is that the work they’ve poured themselves into continues, principally because they’ve built their businesses on trust, dependability, and accountability.
Mexico’s amorphous theory of liability is seriously in question after the Smith & Wesson decision. As was true in that case, Mexico’s allegations in the Arizona lawsuit likewise constitute a generalized complaint about how firearms are sold in the US.
Going forward, courts and would-be plaintiffs should heed the Supreme Court’s admonition that “capacious” interpretations of the PLCAA’s exceptions – especially those that “swallow most of the rule” – will not fly.
