Industry Notes

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission will vote on the department's hunting regulation proposals -- including whether the state will allow the use of lawfully owned suppressors for hunting -- on Thursday, March 29 at 9 a.m. in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Commission Hearing Room, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744.

According to data collected from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, NSSF reports that the number of Type 01 (defined as Dealer in Firearms . . .) Federal Firearms Licenses (FFLs) in the United States increased from 47,411 in January 2010 to 48,987 in February 2012.

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR), has announced that for the first quarter 2012, it received orders for more than one million units. Therefore, it has temporarily suspended the acceptance of new orders.

A C-SPAN video from January 30, 1995, shows Eric Holder advocating that people should be 'brainwashed' into supporting gun control. Holder, now attorney general of the United States, is shown on the video supporting using Hollywood, the media and government officials to “really brainwash people” into opposing firearm ownership. Holder, who was then the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, was addressing the Women’s National Democratic Club on Jan. 30, 1995. In his speech, he held up anti-smoking campaigns as a model for an anti-gun campaign.

The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI), a registered United Nations non-governmental organization (NGO) with roster status, has taken the regrettable but necessary step of withdrawing any reference of SAAMI association from the U.N. agency project to create 'International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS).'

At the Tenth Amendment Center's website, former judge Andrew Napolitano recently examined remarks by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder regarding constitutional 'due process' and called Holder's legal views 'terrifying.'

Anyone who has ever thought of opening an indoor shooting range/retail business should take advantage of the Indoor Range and Retail Development Workshop being presented by the National Shooting Sports Foundation June 18-21 in St. Louis, Mo.

George Kollitides has been appointed acting chief executive officer and executive chairman of the board for Freedom Group, Inc. (FGI).

Robert L. Nardelli and Freedom Group, Inc. ('FGI'), have announced that Nardelli has stepped down from his position as CEO of Freedom Group, effective immediately. George Kollitides, a member of FGI's Board of Directors has been named Chairman of the Board replacing current Chairman John Blystone, and will act as the interim CEO of FGI pending the completion of negotiations with a successor CEO expected to be named shortly.

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: SWHC) recently announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 third quarter ending January 31, 2012.

Recent articles in magazines and newspapers are documenting substantial spikes in gun sales due to the prospects of future gun bans or sales restrictions.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is deeply disappointed in Governor Dayton’s veto of House File 1467 – an omnibus bill that included a number of key firearms law reforms in Minnesota, says Chris W. Cox, Executive Director, NRA – Institute for Legislative Action.