Industry Notes

(GunReports.com) -- A recent tabulation of 529 respondents to a GunReports.com survey question, “Is the 9mm suitable for self defense?” showed a strong preference for the round. However, almost all respondents added comments to qualify their 'yes' votes.

(GunReports.com) -- In its second major ruling on gun rights in three years, the Supreme Court Monday extended the federally protected right to keep and bear arms to all 50 states. Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the five-justice majority, saying 'the right to keep and bear arms must be regarded as a substantive guarantee, not a prohibition that could be ignored so long as the States legislated in an evenhanded manner.'

(GunReports.com) -- In celebration of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the long-standing handgun ban in Chicago, TGSCOM, Inc. and its founder Eric Thompson, an online firearm and sporting goods distributor based in Green Bay, WI, are offering their entire stock of nearly 10,000 guns at their cost for a single week, June 28 - July 6.

(GunReports.com) -- Following today's U.S. Supreme Court decision in McDonald v. Chicago that the City of Chicago's handgun ban is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, thus applying the Court's 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller beyond Washington, D.C., Violence Policy Center Legislative Director Kristen Rand issued the following statements.

(GunReports.com) -- Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Center and Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the following statements. See the GunReports.com's staff [comments in brackets] following each Helmke misstatement.

(GunReports.com) -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) - the trade association for the firearms industry - hailed today's United States Supreme Court 5-4 decision written by Justice Alito that ruled the individual right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution applies to the states and local government.

(GunReports.com) -- Today's Supreme Court ruling in the Second Amendment Foundation's challenge of the Chicago handgun ban is 'our call to action,' said SAF Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb.

(GunReports.com) -- Alan Gura, Otis McDonald, Alan Gottlieb and John Snyder applauded Monday's United States Supreme Court decision overturning Chicago's handgun ban in McDonald v. City of Chicago.

(GunReports.com) -- The following is a statement by Richard A. Pearson, Executive Director, Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA), regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the McDonald v. Chicago case:

(GunReports.com) -- Leupold & Stevens, Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement that will settle its lawsuits with Bushnell Inc.

(GunReports.com) -- The NRA's Institute for Legislative Action reports this item you won't see on regular media: On May 18, the Brady Campaign held a big shindig in Washington, D.C., to give this year’s “Sarah Brady Visionary Award” to now-former Hearst News Service White House reporter Helen Thomas.

(GunReports.com) -- The new Winchester Model 70 Safari Express rifle is chambered for dangerous-game cartridges, such as 375 H&H, 416 Rem. Mag. and 458 Win. Mag.