NJ – NICS Check Shutdown; IL
NJ – All NICS Checks Shutdown; IL – Gun Businesses Are Essential By executive order, the Governor of New Jersey has shutdown the NICS Check system that allows for the
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CZ-USA Closed – All Facilities Shutdown Due To COVID-19 EmergencyThe Firearm Blog
CZ-USA Closed – All Facilities Shutdown Due To COVID-19 Emergency Order With state and local governments actively trying to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many are resorting to
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Essential Critical Infrastructure WorkforceThe Firearm Blog
Firearms Industry: Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently published the essential critical infrastructure workforce in an attempt
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Soaring Ammunition Market And A Record WeekThe Firearm Blog
If 2020 is a roller coaster ride, the ammunition market is that one part of a track with a huge incline and nothing but blue sky in front of you.
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IWA OutdoorClassics Postponed Until 2021 -The Firearm Blog
Posted April 15, 2020 in Breaking News, Daily News, IWA by Matthew Moss with No CommentsTags: Coronavirus, Enforce Tac, IWA OutdoorClassics Europe’s IWA OutdoorClassics trade show has rescheduled again. Originally
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Vortex Awarded OTA for the US Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon Fire Control Prototype Program -The Firearm Blog
Despite the Coronavirus pandemic the US Army continues its Next Generation Squad Weapon program and has issued an OTA (or Other Transaction Authority) award to Wisconsin-based Vortex soliciting them to produce
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L3Harris Technologies Awarded OTA to Provide Prototypes for the US Army For Next Generation Squad Weapon Fire Control Program -The Firearm Blog
The earlier XM25 CDTE’s fire control system which L3 Brashear developed – unrelated to the current program (US Army) Earlier this week we reported that the US Army had issued
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Enforce Tac 2020 Cancelled -The Firearm Blog
Posted April 30, 2020 in Breaking News, Daily News, Defense, EnforceTac, MIL/LE, News by Matthew Moss with No CommentsTags: Coronavirus, Enforce Tac, shows Earlier this month we reported that Europe’s
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Japan’s New Type 20 Rifle -The Firearm Blog
The new Howa Type 20 (Japanese Ministry of Defense) In December 2019, we reported that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces had completed evaluations for both a new service pistol and rifle.
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USMC Confirms Plans to Adopt the Next Generation Squad Weapon -The Firearm Blog
Sgt. Margarita B. Valenzuela, automatic rifleman with 2nd Platoon, Company A, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, engages known-distance targets with the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle from the standing position
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SIG Sauer Germany Closes Down -The Firearm Blog
SIG Sauer’s Eckernförde factory (SIG Sauer) SIG Sauer GmbH, based in Eckernförde, Germany, is to close down. According to German media outlets, SIG Sauer GmbH’s shareholders are unwilling to invest further
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ATF’s Secret Brace Ban -The Firearm Blog
Here we go again. If you recall, the ATF, unfortunately, has a history of backpedaling pre-established decisions and interpretations of the law and later changing their minds. The Bump Stock
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