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If your summer is going anything like ours, you’re probably heading out for at least a short road trip.   So when you say, “Pass the guidebook,” beware that in our car, it’s the sightseeing guide from Barnes...

Download now or read below The Legislation-Litigation Factor in Firearms Forecasting. Friday, July 12, 2013 Some time in April, the media stopped reporting the record volume of applications for firearms...

With the major announcement on May 18, 2013 by the California Attorney General that its microstamping provision would be immediately effective, we’ve been looking at what this means for manufacturers and...

Perhaps the most common image of California is southern California, showing off its connection to the Pacific, palm trees, and beautiful sunsets. But, if you think that handgun manufacturing and sales are a...

Two Bills passed the second chamber of the New Jersey legislature on June 27, 2013 that bear watching as one would modify ammunition reporting requirements and the other would modify the “destructive device”...

Download or read below Amidst the new laws and new lawsuits in CO, CT, MD, and NY, a topic near and dear to heated manufacturing debate quietly passed under the radar of most media outlets.  California,...

Download full Advisory or read below It would be the rare person, indeed, who has routinely considered the United States Constitution as part of his manufacturing compliance program.  We think of...

(Download or read below) In the past six months, manufacturers of firearms and ammunition have seen a highly volatile political environment give rise to the enactment of new laws.  Out of hundreds of...

Even though there are very few judicial decisions relative to the manufacture of firearms and ammunition, you can get lost for hours in those pages. For the sake of argument, let’s define this universe as...