While a smattering of shooting and training facilities had banned use of P320 platform pistols in the past, the exclusions accelerated following the death of the airman, with bans by groups like A Girl & a Gun and Gunsite prominent among them.
The reality of being a liberal gun owner, especially in the United States, is that you are going to have to buy from company who’s [sic] beliefs [do] not align with yours.
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.
