Escaping from increasingly restrictive gun control laws in Massachusetts, Smith & Wesson—an icon in American firearms manufacturing since the 19th Century—has opened its new corporate headquarters in Maryville, Tennessee. The company was founded in 1856 by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson following an earlier failed business attempt called Volcanic Repeating Arms. The official opening occurred over […]
Armed Citizens Catch Escaped Convicts in Tennessee
One day after the New York Times editorialized against the idea of armed private citizens acting in self-defense, an armed Tennessee homeowner is being credited with apprehending a pair of dangerous Georgia prison escapees, with the help of an armed neighbor. Fox News headlined its report by calling the homeowner a hero. Other news agencies […]