Industry Notes

(GunReports.com) -- Large majorities of Americans feel that they should be allowed to have guns, a new Harris Poll shows, but ominously, pluralities of Americans favor stricter control of guns, particularly hand guns.

(GunReports.com) Beretta U.S.A. announced that it has reduced the price of the Beretta Px4 Storm polymer pistol to about $500.

(GunReports.com) - LaserLyte, in association with Ka-BAR, offers the first pistol bayonet for select North American Arms pistols.

(GunReports.com) -– The National Rifle Association has announced Target World Inc. of Chalfont, Pennsylvania, the 2009 NRA Dealer Recruiter of the Year.

(GunReports.com) – Kahr Arms, an American based producer of compact pistols has announced its recent purchase of Minnesota-based firearms manufacturer, Magnum Research, Inc., maker of the Desert Eagle Pistol.

(GunReports.com) -- The National Rifle Association's Training Department is pleased to announce a special offer from Revision Eyewear. Through this new offer, NRA Certified Instructors and Appointed Training Counselors will be able to purchase products from Revision Eyewear at a discount of 20%, with 10% of the net sales benefiting the NRA Firearms and Marksmanship Training Endowment.

(GunReports.com) -- Cougar 8000 Series handguns, which include guns chambered in 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP, have recently been added to the list of production guns approved for United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA)-sponsored shooting competitions.

(GunReports.com) – Taurus has added an Ultra-Lite aluminum frame to the Judge Public Defender line to fashion a 20.7-ounce self-defense handgun.

(GunReports.com) -- Reversing an interpretation of the Gun Control Act that has been on the books for more than four decades, ATF today posted a ruling declaring any shipment of a firearm by a manufacturer (FFL) to any agent or business (e.g., an engineering-design firm, patent lawyer, testing lab, gun writer, etc.) for a bona fide business purpose to be a 'transfer' under the Gun Control Act of 1968, according to the NSSF.

(GunReports.com) -- Browning has added a new line of tough and well designed travel and shooting bags for 2010.

(GunReports.com) -- Following calls by Mexican President Felipe Calderon that the United States re-institute a ban on modern sporting rifles, or so-called 'assault weapons,' the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) - the trade association for America's firearms industry - issued the following statement:

(GunReports.com) -- The new Taurus Circuit Judge is a shotgun/rifle crossover that shoots .410 gauge 3-inch magnum shotshells, .410 2.5-inch shotshells and .45 Colt ammunition with the rifle barreled shotgun, or fire both .410 gauge 3-inch magnum shotshells and 410 2.5-inch shotshells with the smooth bore shotgun.