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Texas HB 1747
Terry Canales and Ryan Guillen have drafted up HB 1747, which would ban the sale of firearms and ammunition within the state of Texas unless the maximum distance a projectile travels when fired from the firearm or the maximum distance a projectile from the ammunition travels when fired from a firearm (firearms and ammunition, respectively)…
Read MoreSenate Wants More Gun Makers In Texas
The Texas Senate is sending a message to gun makers across the country: C’mon down, the Lone Star State wants you. The Senate gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a bill encouraging Gov. Rick Perry’s office to recruit gun manufacturers to Texas. The bill by Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, is mostly a symbolic measure as…
Read MoreBeretta Leaves Maryland Because Of Stricter Gun Laws
New legislation is forcing gun manufacturing company Beretta to uproot and take their business elsewhere. Established in 1526, Beretta holds the distinction of being the oldest active firearms manufacturer in the world. The U.S. factory is located in Accokeek, Maryland, and has been a staple of the local economy for years. Beretta warned that stricter…
Read MoreHow Important Are Guns To The U.S. Economy?
Guns are big business in America – so big, in fact, that despite making vastly more firearms than any other nation, the U.S. also is the largest importer of handguns, rifles and shotguns. Demand is so high, that on top of the 6.54 million pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns and other firearms made in America in…
Read MoreMagpul Press Release
Apparently Gov Hickenlooper has announced that he will sign HB 1224 on Wednesday. We were asked for our reaction, and here is what we said: We have said all along that based on the legal problems and uncertainties in the bill, as well as general principle, we will have no choice but to leave if…
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