Law Enforcement

LaserLyte has introduced the new Sub-compact Laser Sight Version Two (V2), a small, versatile railed laser with a removable rail.

New for 2008 Taurus offers this sidearm in Stainless Steel with black checkered grips in .45 ACP, .40 cal and 9mm.

The 800 Series, available in .45 ACP, .40 cal and 9mm, features Taurus’ industry changing “Strike Two” capability.

North Haven, CT – This new model may be “just” the little brother to the ever-popular 12 gauge 500 Tactical Cruiser, but this 20 gauge packs considerable punch.

Mossberg introduces the latest addition to the Special Purpose firearms product line – the 500 Rolling Thunder.

Point and shoot handling and exceptional rapid fire capability makes this is a formidable defense gun. Based on our action tests our shooter was able to place two shots on a five yard target about 0.25 seconds sooner than with our other test guns. This could make its 9+1 capacity, (which is better than other 1911s), academic when compared to the higher capacity pistols.

…Other issues affecting the industry include a rise in domestic-based demand for ammunition, an increased foreign demand of base metals and the daunting task set to the manufacturers to catch-up to the combined demand of the war and law enforcement.

…The parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp. announced last week that it has priced a public offering of 6,250,000 shares of its common stock.

…A step was taken this week toward securing a $5.4 million funding authorization for Remington Arms, which the company would reportedly use to upgrade the Army's cache of 3,000 M-24 sniper rifles. Remington Arms already builds the majority of M-24 rifles the Army uses, and provides the replacement parts, Remington Vice President of Firearms Manufacturing Joe Gross said.

Big news at the Exeter, New Hampshire, plant not only includes a change of name from Sigarms to Sig Sauer, but also the release of a new pistol. The P250 featured a double-action system that raised the hammer smoothly in direct proportion to movement of the trigger. The stroke was long but the same length every time. Aside from the single-action 1911-style pistols, other Sig Sauer trigger systems are not as simple.

Some models feature a double-action first stroke with the hammer remaining cocked thereafter and the trigger resetting rearward in the trigger guard. Until manually decocked, subsequent shots are fired single-action only.

…AcuSport’s customers are the first retailers to have been given an exclusive first-look at FFLGuard, a new legal service offered by The Chiafullo Group, LLP (“the Group”), a law firm based in New Jersey.

…A brief filed in the case, on which I offered some counsel, argues that the law is especially harmful to gay Americans. The brief joins a large coalition of groups, including the National Rifle Association, arguing for individual rights under the Second Amendment.