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When It Comes to Data on Firearm Sales, Gun Lobby Still Shooting Blanks

Josh Horwitz | Posted 04.07.2012

Josh Horwitz

Virtually every other industry in America offers the media actual data on sales. So why do the National Rifle Association and National Shooting Sports Foundation continue to block access to this information?

The Truth About Gun Sales

Josh Horwitz | Posted 03.10.2012

Josh Horwitz

By purposely hiding actual data about gun sales in America, the gun lobby is attempting to reinforce its oversize reputation and make the industry look like a more politically potent force than it actually is.

Gun Conglomerate Pulls IPO, Latest Bad News for Firearms Industry

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 06.04.2011

Josh Sugarmann

Despite the gun industry's essentially unchallenged chest thumping that things are going great for firearm manufacturers, a giant dose of reality reared its ugly head when Freedom Group canceled a long-delayed IPO.

Hunting Loses Popularity -- Could Conservation Be Hurt As A Result?

AP | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 05.25.2011

MADISON, Wis. — Classroom desks and office cubicles stand empty. Hunters in blaze orange stand out like drops of bright paint against brown fiel...

Gunmaker's 'Adaptive Combat Rifle' Too Combat-y: Fires Full Auto!

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Sugarmann

When is a "combat rifle" for the U.S. civilian gun market too combat-y? When it fires like a full-auto machine gun. That's the problem Bushmaster now faces with its new Adaptive Combat Rifle

Obama Gun Boom Comes to an Official End

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Sugarmann

A "family" of gun companies collectively known as The Freedom Group has just filed new documents with the SEC, in anticipation of its IPO.

Gunmakers Now Last Unregulated Industry

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Sugarmann

Guns are now the only consumer product manufactured in America not regulated by a federal agency for health and safety.