Firearms Industry News

On the third anniversary of the Parkland Massacre, the White House issued a statement calling on Congress to enact "common sense" gun control. Their specific calls were for "universal background checks," a new assault weapons ban, and most worryingly a repeal of the protection of lawful commerce in arms act.

The next two-four years are going to be turbulent for gun rights in America. While I'm mildly optimistic that we won't see a new Assault weapons ban, you can bet your bottom dollar that we'll see attempts to expand red flag laws, universal background checks, and a ban on 80% lowers. Perhaps most concerningly are President Biden's statements about repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which shields firearms industry business from frivolous lawsuits.

If you've been around the defensive shooting community for a long time, you might have been surprised in 2019 and 2020 by what felt like a sudden surge in popularity for 2011 style pistols. The 2011, for those that don't know, is a double stack version of the venerable 1911 pistol, and uses a modular frame. The largest manufacturer of 2011 pistols is Staccato, formerly known as STI, who recently pivoted from making competition only guns to focusing on the concealed carry and LE market. To help understand Staccato's 2011 pivot, and the surge in popularity of this platform, I invited my old friend Hilton Yam of 10-8 Performance on to talk about 1911s, 2011s, and what people running these platforms need to know.

We're back! I was on the road and then Thanksgiving happened, which is why there hasn't been a new episode for a couple of weeks. But we're back now and we have got news, including NSSF's plans for a Digital SHOT Show.

It's time for Firearms Industry News for Friday the 13th, and we have some spooky news. In this episode: the ATF is already conspiring with the Biden transition team to infringe your rights, and the FPC is suing people like a boss!

Welcome to Firearms Industry News for November 6, 2020. We still don't know who the president is, but hey who cares because we sold almost 2 million guns in October! Woo hoo freedom!

Let's be honest, we all kind of saw this coming

In the news, the Coasties are getting a new gun, Clark County Nevada has released large event guidelines that will surely affect SHOT Show, and the Red Ryder is back for Christmas!

On this special edition of Firearms Industry News, we take a look at Joe Biden's plan for Gun Control if he gets elected. The goal with this episode is to provide analysis and probability of each plan happening, not to fear monger.

In this special episode of Firearms Industry News, we go into detail on who the mysterious purchaser of Remington's assets is: a company called Roundhill Group, run by Scott Soura and Richmond Italia, which has a suspicious connection to the current leadership at Remington.

In this week's episode of the news we have: Steel Challenge Results, good news for SAF, and a sight that looks like a boob.

Yesterday, Remington announced the winning bidders in its bankruptcy asset sale. The big news is that Ruger is going to buy Marlin firearms, and the Round Hill Group, a property investment company, will buy all the Remington firearms assets. Vista Outdoors, owners of Federal, CCI, and Speer will buy the Remington Ammo business and license the Remington brand name from Round Hill Group.

Today in the news we've got some match results, SHOT Show is still on, and Democrats want to ban online ammo sales

Hey it's the news! And Max Michel is hella good at shooting

Welcome back to the news! I had to take a couple of weeks off to handle some personal business, but we back baby! In this week's episode: new product from Smith & Wesson, match results from USPSA, and a 10,000 foot level analysis of the sale of Remington's ammo business.

Welcome to Firearms Industry News for the week of August 14th, 2020. In this week's news we talk about the NRA, CMP, and Apex Tactical has a new trigger for your Hellcat!NRA's complaint

Conspiracy theory or fact? We get our lead from China?

The NRA is in crisis. Yesterday, the NY State Attorney General filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the NRA. I believe that the NRA cannot survive the political onslaught while being led by Wayne LaPierre and his cronies; and we as gun owners cannot afford the loss of the NRA as an organization. It's time for the Board of Directors to act: it's time for Wayne LaPierre to go. Contact the NRA: https://contact.nra.org/ How we got here: https://www.ammoland.com/2019/07/shit-storm-todays-nra-heads-need-to-roll NPR on the lawsuit: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/06/899712823/new-york-attorney-general-moves-to-dissolve-the-nra-after-fraud-investigation Recoil covers the lawsuit: https://www.recoilweb.com/goodbye-nra-new-york-and-d-c-team-up-to-dissolve-the-giant-162138.html

Welcome to Firearms Industry News for the week of July 31st, 2020! Today we have some financial news and how Federal is disrupting the status quo

Hey guys there's no ammo. Here's why.

The news is back and it's good news! The Langdon Tactical Beretta 92 Red Dot solution is here!

Today's show we're talking about a topic I've hinted around: the idea of a thinking trigger vs a shooting trigger, and outrunning your headlights. Aka: "why do people get shot in the back sometimes."Get the new shirt: https://teespring.com/stay-strapped-july-2020

Time for the news, and there isn't much news because it's a holiday. COVID is still here, I got a haircut, and Glock is killing the Gen4 40 cal.

Gun stores are out of stock all over the country, and people don't know why. Why are the gun stores empty? It's a supply problem that the industry has never faced before.Get merch: https://teespring.com/stores/garbage-apparel

Today on the news we have the results from the USPSA's PCC Nationals, a new product from Wilson Combat, and I have a hard time saying words.Buy merch: https://teespring.com/stores/garbage-apparelTaurus G3c Review: https://gatdaily.com/taurus-g3c-review-and-endurance-test/

In this episode I bring back my friend and National Guard soldier Steph to talk about the MN Guard's historic role in helping quell the unrest that swept through our state of Minnesota

Hey it's time for the news, and in the news we have new products from Taurus, new products from Blackhawk, and politics!

Today on Firearms Industry News, we're talking about optimizing your EDC for a real world threat profile. Here are some of the items I carry every day:Pom Pepper Spray: https://amzn.to/2UPxwMvShivworks Clinch Pick: https://shivworkspg.com/product/shivworks-clinch-pick/Pocket Emergency Wallet: https://amzn.to/2N8MyZL

We're back! And in this week's episode we have competition news, product news, and news news! It's great to be back and talking about stuff. Merch here: https://teespring.com/stores/garbage-apparel

The FBI's paper on 9mm is one of the most important documents produced around the self defense and LEO communities in the past 20 years, and yet very few shooters in the mainstream are familiar with it. Today we're attempting to close that gap by reading the entire paper, word for word. I've also provided a link to the original content.https://www.gunnuts.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/FBI-9mm-white-paper-2014.pdf

No news this week. Be kind to each other.

Today we've got Erik Stern from Beretta USA on to talk about the new Beretta 92X series, the APX, and of course some sweet, sweet shotguns.

It kind of feels like the end of the world, right? Anyway here's the news, and I have an important question: is twitter like a gun store?

Hey, it's lucky 13 and in this episode I'm interviewing Scott Jedlinski of Modern Samurai Project. Find out why the Aimpoint ACRO is like the Acura NSX!

This week in the news, ICORE cancels the International Revolver Championships, which you didn't even know existed, USPSA stands alone, and gun sales continue to be up!

Today's episode is with my friend and founder of On Her Own, Annette Evans. Annette is a competition shooter, certified pepper spray instructor, jujitsu practicioner and self defense advocate.

In kind of a slow news week for the firearms industry, we have some new products, and it seems like life is slowly getting back to normal!

In this episode, Caleb interviews the new CEO of Taurus USA, Bret Vorhees. Bret was formerly with Walther, and has taken over the reigns at Taurus and is bringing great new things with him!

Time for the news, and on this week we have updates in the shooting of a jogger in Georgia, new mini red dot sights, and more!

This is a great interview - Stephanie is an armorer for the Army, and has tremendous insight into military weapons maintenance. She's also a good friend, and we had a lot of fun doing this!

Today in the news: things seem to be opening up again, Federal has some new ammo, and an NFL player gets shamed into removing his cringy tattoo

On this episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Jon and Sarah from the excellent Guns Guide to Liberals podcast.

Today's Firearms Industry News: Updates on the podcast, more matches are cancelled, Ruger announces a new revolver that isn't new, and my shirt is amazing.

In a return to interview based podcasts, I open with an interview with Matt Little, also known as Greybeard Actual. Matt is a former member of 20th SF Group, recently retired from Chicago PD as a SWAT leader, and is also a high level competition shooter.

Today's Firearms Industry News, we discuss Ruger's new 1911, new ammo from Federal, some great news about the podcast, and the eruption of petty tyranny in the wake of the corona lockdown.

In this first episode of Firearms Industry News, I'm pulling the audio from an old video where I discuss the relevance of revolvers for concealed carry.