firearms
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The Southport, Conn.-based firearms maker on Wednesday posted a profit of $6.98 million, or 43 cents a share, compared with a loss of $17.22 million, or $1.05 a share, a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Its setting is much older, a version of medieval Japan where humans are crafting iron into firearms and beasts can talk, but nobody wants to listen to each other.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
California has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but state lawmakers are concerned that a new technology is allowing criminals to obtain firearms by building them from scratch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
But lawmakers still wanted business owners to be able to keep guns off their property, so they passed a law allowing property owners to bar people from carrying firearms without permission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
European weapons were steel swords, lances, and daggers, supplemented by small firearms and artillery, while body armor and helmets were also made of solid steel or else of chain mail.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
