Gun Stocks

American gun manufacturers boomed Tuesday on news that the Trump Administration would ease export policies on non-military firearms. The White House will soon submit a proposal to the budget office to shift regulation of international sales from the State Department to the Commerce Department,...

Following a strong run last year, gun sales are off to a slow start in 2017 with a 20 percent year-year drop and 26 percent decline from December 2016 levels. In fact, it was the first year-over-year January decline since 2014, and only fifth time it happened since data began being recorded....

Ohio State University has reported an active shooter on campus. The university’s Department of Public Safety tweeted the following warning to students at 9:56 a.m.: “Buckeye Alert: Active Shooter on campus. Run Hide Fight. Watts Hall. 19th and College.” Details on the...

Shares of gun stocks Sturm Ruger & Company Inc (NYSE: RGR) and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) are getting a bit of a boost this week after the FBI reported yet another record month of NICS background checks and Sturm Ruger delivered a Q3 earnings beat. October’s NICS...

Another shooting tragedy struck the United States this weekend. On Sunday morning, three police officers died and several others were injured during an early morning shooting on Airline Highway near Old Hammond Highway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. One suspect is dead and two others may still be...

Shares of gun makers Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC), Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR), TASER International, Inc. (NASDAQ: TASR) and Vista Outdoor Inc (NYSE: VSTO) are all surging on Friday following the tragic shooting of five police officers in Dallas. Unfortunately,...

The U.S. Senate on Monday failed to reach an understanding on gun sales and rejected four measures that would have restricted the sale of guns. Gun violence has been a hot topic in recent memory and intensified over the past week after a shooter pledged allegiance to the terrorist group ISIS and...

Tragedy hit Orlando, Florida, over the weekend as Omar Saddiqui Mateen, a New York-born U.S. citizen of Afghani descent, killed at least 50 people and injured at least another 50 other at a LGBT nightclub. Early reports suggested the shooter pledged allegiance to Islamic terrorist groups. Rep....

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) and Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR) shares are up several percentage points on the first day of 2016 amid anticipation of a Town Hall event on Thursday. Hosted by CNN's Anderson Cooper, the event will be held at George Mason University in...

Shares of Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) hit a new 52-week high on Tuesday of $21.46. Meanwhile, shares of Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR) gained more than 10 percent over the past five days. Various media reports are correlating the strong performance seen in gun...