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...Legislation promoting the Greet standard has appeared in the US House and Senate, making bedfellows of Democrats and Republicans from Illinois to Nebraska....
...Just to underline the point, the National Rifle Association estimates America has 20mn owners of AR-15s. Twenty million!...
...The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearm industry trade association, says that gun sales to African Americans rose 58 per cent in 2020 over the previous year — the biggest increase in any demographic...
...“The myth the National Rifle Association perpetrates is that you can either have gun safety, or you can keep your guns, but you can’t have both. That myth is killing us and our children.”...
...Earlier this year, the National Rifle Association, the ruthlessly effective gun lobby, celebrated a milestone that would have been unimaginable 20 years ago....
...biggest gun owners’ lobby organisation....
...When gun owners are asked why they own a firearm, they most frequently cite personal safety or defence. Less than half say they bought a gun for hunting....
...The proportion of Americans who are gun owners has been declining, even though the remaining customer base tends to own more firearms per capita. The barriers to entry are not that high....
...Sujeet Indap The National Rifle Association filed for Chapter 11 protection last month in a move that surprised observers both of the firearms advocacy group and the bankruptcy world....
...The FBI conducted a record 3.9m background checks for firearms purchases in June. A year earlier, there were just 2.3m. Some 40 per cent of this year’s firearms purchasers were first-time buyers....
...A few have taken on a mythic quality, such as the Berkshire Hathaway AGM in Omaha, Nebraska, which drew in over 35,000 attendees. Some shareholders attend 50 to 100 meetings every year....
...Yes, many companies, foundations and associations with several layers of ownership are legitimate and legal....
...The refinery owner, Philadelphia Energy Solutions, decided to close and try to sell the refinery, removing about 1 per cent of CSX’s volumes....
...The biofuels industry is concentrated in several Midwestern states that backed Mr Trump in 2016, including Iowa, Indiana, Missouri and Nebraska. Federal law enabled the industry’s growth....
...American Outdoor Brands, the owner of Smith & Wesson, rose 1.1 per cent. Sturm, Ruger & Co. was up 2 per cent....
...Already spoke to NRA [National Rifle Association], doesn’t seem to make much sense!”...
...It has also argued that investing in such gun safety initiatives would be “irresponsible” due to low interest among firearm consumers for smart gun products....
...The regulator said that the Carry Guard scheme illegally provided liability insurance to gun owners for acts of intentional wrongdoing, and also illegally provided cover for legal costs incurred by gun owners...
...to keep firearms out of the wrong hands”....
...with making civilian firearms to what steps they were taking to help improve gun safety....
...BlackRock, the world’s biggest owner of global equities, has told clients it is exploring ways to switch them into investment funds that screen out firearms manufacturers and retailers, in the latest corporate...
...Shares of firearms makers faced more heat on Friday after Florida’s governor flagged plans to raise the minimum age for buying guns in the state, which was rocked by a deadly school shooting a week ago....
...Source: Pew 74% Percentage of gun owners in the US who say the right to own firearms is essential to their sense of freedom....
...A poster on the door to Kostromski’s unit lists prohibited items: “no explosives, firearms, ammunition”....
...“The stakes for law-abiding gun owners . . . have never been higher than they are in this election,” says Jennifer Baker, spokeswoman for the powerful National Rifle Association’s political arm....
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