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Virus Forces Oldest Gun Store in New York City to Close Permanently

By Lamberto Zannotti, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53296813 The John Jovino Gun Shop in New York City’s Little Italy neighborhood has been around for 109 years. But that long run has come to an end. The…

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Guttenberg: Gun Stores Illegally Selling Firearms, Spreading Coronavirus

(AP Photo/Rex Curry) Fred Guttenberg lost a daughter in the Parkland shooting. Since then, he’s been an outspoken gun control advocate. Yesterday, during an online Biden campaign rally, Guttenberg betrayed the hysterical desperation that’s been…


Michigan Local Gun Shops Are Still Open…For Now

Michigan Governor Gretchen “Half” Whitmer. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Michigan’s governor has done a wonderful job of roiling people across the nation with her petty, tyrannical responses to the Chinese virus pandemic. And as much as…


Buying Guns During the Coronavirus Emergency is ‘Retail Therapy’

Courtesy Yelp “I’ve been here my whole life doing this,” said [Gun Room owner Shaun] Lacasse, whose father opened the [Portland, Oregon] store in 1965. “I’m 52 years old, I grew up behind this counter….


Industry Response Validates the ‘Essential’ Work of Keeping Gun Businesses Open

David Liu, right, owner of a gun store, takes an order from a customer in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) By Larry Keane The firearm industry is open for business. With exceptions of trouble…


ONLY DICKS: While Gun Shops are Swarmed with Customers, Dick’s Furloughs 40,000 Employees

Dick’s in Bloomington, IL on Tuesday afternoon, April 8. Photo by John Boch. Gun stores across America have long lines of customers waiting to get inside. Dick’s Sporting Goods does not. CEO Ed Stack made…


How One Gun Retailer Has Dealt With COVID19 and the Gun Buying Surge

Courtesy Maxon Shooter’s Supply By Peter B. Mathiesen We talked to Dan Eldridge, the owner of Maxon Shooter’s Supply and Indoor Range last week. The intent is to show how firearm industry companies are responding…


NRA Sues State of New York Gov. Cuomo Over Gun Store Closures

Courtesy NRA-ILA The New York lawsuit follows similar action the NRA took in Northern California, where it sued several cities including San Jose for ordering gun stores to close. New York Attorney General Letitia James,…


Gun Control Orgs and the Media Aren’t Happy About Losing the COVID19 Emergency Gun Sales Issue

Brady president Kris Brown (courtesy bradyunited.org) What has gun control orgs and their media cheerleaders really worried during this national emergency? Yes, the coronavirus pandemic is bad, but that will pass in time. Much more…