‘We’re working with the Democrats, we’re working with We’re going very slowly in one way, because we want to make sure it’s right,’ Mr. Trump said negotiations are going very slowly.Īnything. However, in an interview with Fox News Thursday, Mr. senators recently met with President Trump to discuss expanding background checks during gun sales, The Wall “A number of Democratic lawmakers have called for banning AR-15 style rifles and other semiautomatic rifles,” Alexander Gladstone writes for The Wall “They’re probably feeling a kind of pressure or heat that manufacturers in other parts of the country may not Making the company a little bit brand-sensitive,” Lytton says. Lytton, an expert on the gun industry at Georgia State University, tells The New York Times’ David Yaffe-Bellany that while Colt framed its decision as based onĮconomics, public pressure may have influenced the company, noting that’s headquarters are not far from Sandy Hook Elementary School.
“Last year, Dick’s Sporting Goods stopped selling assault-style weapons, and in March the retailer announced that it would pullĪll guns and ammunition off the shelves of nearly 20% of its stores,” Thebault adds. And inĮarly September - after two deadly shootings inside its stores this summer - the retail giant announced that it would stop selling ammunition for military-style weapons, and it asked customers not “In 2015, Walmart stopped selling the AR-15 and other semiautomatic weapons. “In the past few years, major retailers across the country have curbed or discontinued gun sales - pressed by public outcry but also byĬompetition from local firearm stores and online retailers,” Reis Thebault writes for The Washington Post. Shootings, among many others, used AR-15-style weapons,” Jordan Valinsky writes The gunmen in the Aurora, Las Vegas and Dayton The type of firearm has come under scrutiny because it’s the weapon of choice for mass shooters. Palmetto State Armory and Smith and Wesson. “Several other companies make the AR-15-style guns, including “By the mid-1960s, Colt began selling a semi-automatic version, dubbed the Colt AR-15, to the civilian market, and the rifle began steadily ascending in popularity among a variety ofĬonsumers, from recreational shooters, hunters, and law enforcement,” D’Costa continues. “Colt made waves in the long gun market in the 1960s afterīuying the design and trademarks associated with ArmaLite’s select-fire AR-15 and AR-10 rifles, the former of which was adopted by the U.S. Zimmerman in The Truth About Guns breaking the news that Colt was exiting the consumer market. Wrote six days ago in running down a post by Dan
“Colt’s current lineup of rifles is all based entirely on the AR platform,” Military Times’ Ian D’Costa Which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2015 citing the loss of key military business, says it will focus on the police and military markets - at least for now - for its AR-15 sales. The West Hartford, Connecticut-based Colt,
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