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1. Gunmaker Smith & Wesson to relocate from Mass. as state considers ban on making assault weapons

Author

Jeong, Andrew

Subjects
Massachusetts -- Social policy, Smith & Wesson Corp. -- Location, Firearms industry -- Location, Assault weapons -- Laws, regulations and rules, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Andrew Jeong Smith & Wesson, which has been making firearms since before the Civil War, said Thursday it will move its headquarters to Tennessee, after legislators in its home [...]

Published
2021

2. The Controversy Around 'Essential' Businesses

Subjects
Arizona -- Laws, regulations and rules, Texas -- Laws, regulations and rules, California -- Laws, regulations and rules, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Barbershops -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Beauty salons -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Abortion -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Drugstores, Jurisdiction, Coronaviruses, Pharmacy, Coronavirus infections, Government shutdowns, Grocery stores, Cities and towns, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=827758328 HOST: MICHEL MARTIN MICHEL MARTIN: We're going to return now to a question that continues to confound, and even anger, many people [...]

Published
2020

3. California Treasurer Bill Lockyer Talks Guns on Bloomberg TV

Subjects
California. Public Employees' Retirement System -- Officials and employees -- Investments, Gun violence -- Economic aspects, Firearms industry -- Securities, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, Company securities, Company investment, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

CALIFORNIA TREASURER BILL LOCKYER TALKS GUNS ON BLOOMBERG TV FEBRUARY 20, 2013 SPEAKERS: BILL LOCKYER, CALIFORNIA STATE TREASURER DEIRDRE BOLTON, BLOOMBERG NEWS (This is not a legal transcript. Bloomberg LP [...]

Published
2013

4. Dependent On Arms Plant, New York Town Braces For Gun Laws' Impact

Subjects
Weapons industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Firearms -- Laws, regulations and rules, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=169818344 MARTIN: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. President Obama is pushing ahead with sweeping changes to the nation's [...]

Published
2013

5. Gun Makers Worry Revamped Laws Will Hurt Bottom Line

Subjects
Firearms industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Industry sales and revenue, Assault weapons -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=169580473 INSKEEP: You heard the president acknowledge that in some parts of the country - and more specifically, some congressional districts - gun [...]

Published
2013

6. Moving Lock, Stock and Barrel

Author

Schwartz, Nelson D.

Subjects
Firearms -- Laws, regulations and rules, Business relocation -- Planning, Firearms industry -- Planning -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Location, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

BRISTOL, Conn. -- Even gun makers want to be liked. So governors and other politicians from states eager to embrace the industry have descended on places where they are not [...]

Published
2013

7. Make Gun Companies Pay Blood Money

Author

Finley, Lucinda M. and Culhane, John G.

Subjects
Corporate social responsibility, Firearms -- Taxation, Firearms industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Taxation, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

GUN manufacturers have gone to great lengths to avoid any moral responsibility or legal accountability for the social costs of gun violence -- the deaths and injuries of innocent victims, [...]

Published
2013

8. Follow the money

Author

Finney, Karen

Subjects
Chief executive officers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Firearms industry -- Political aspects, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, Political science, National Rifle Association -- Officials and employees
Abstract

Perhaps the White House was hoping that releasing a photo of President Obama skeet shooting would create reasonable doubt for some in dispelling the latest round of conspiracy theories, while [...]

Published
2013

9. The right to bear arms: Peter Willems reports from Sana'a on the traditional Yemeni obsession with weaponry, its inherent dangers, and recent attempts to foster control by a policy of providing information and education

Author

Willems, Peter

Subjects
Yemen -- Economic aspects, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Business, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary, Social sciences, Government regulation, Economic aspects, Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

SOMETHING NEW AND UNIQUE can be seen along roads in major cities in Yemen. Dar Al Salaam (The House of Peace), which was established in 1997 to fight for gun [...]

Published
2005

10. The Top 5 Privately-Held Firearms Companies in America: #1: Freedom Group, #2: Mossberg, #3: Colt's, #4: Springfield Armory, #5: Barrett Firearms; How Some of U.S.'s Oldest Private Companies Dating to 1794 Will Be Impacted by New Gun Laws

Subjects
Firearms industry -- Rankings -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Evaluation, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, Business, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: NEW YORK, NY, Jan 31, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- While new gun control legislation and bans on weapons sales are being debated, most Americans don't realize that most [...]

Published
2013

11. Nassau gets $105 million and oversight unit

Author

LeDuff, Charlie

Subjects
Government regulation, Company financing, Prison administration -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Budget -- Economic aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Nassau County, New York -- Finance
Abstract

Gov. George E. Pataki signed into law today a two-tier bailout plan for troubled Nassau County that will create an independent board to oversee the county's finances and provide $105 […]

Published
2000

12. Cities Plan to Leech Off of Cigarette and Gun Makers

Author

Levy, Robert A.

Subjects
Tobacco industry -- Public relations, Violent crimes -- Economic aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Firearms industry -- Public relations, Mayors -- Political activity -- Economic aspects -- Public relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, News, opinion and commentary, Government regulation, Company public relations, Public relations, Political activity, Economic aspects, Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

Philadelphia Mayor Edward G. Rendell has announced the city will seek to recover damages from construction firms that built the bridges from which a number of persons plunged in unsuccessful [...]

Published
1999

13. Hot shots

Author

Lustigman, Alyssa

Subjects
Firearms -- Economic aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Firearms industry -- Economic aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, Business, Retail industry, Sports, sporting goods and toys industry
Abstract

Fear of impending gun control legislation, coupled with new product advancements and increased participation in shooting sports made 1994 a banner year for the industry. When all the smoke finally [...]

Published
1994

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