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ATF Head: Gun Industry’s Programs Have Reduced Crime, Firearm Accidents

March 5, 2025April 10, 2023 by Larry Keane

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach spoke at length with The Washington Post about his responsibilities at the helm of the federal agency charged with overseeing the firearm industry. The Post is unabashedly antigun and pushes gun control propaganda whenever possible. During the discussion, however, Dettelbach took the opportunity to highlight the firearm industry’s efforts to … Read more

Gun Industry Programs Result in Lowest Accidental Firearms Death Total Since 1903

March 6, 2025June 8, 2021 by TTAG Contributor

By Larry Keane In any other arena, whether personal development, academic grading or business growth, achieving a 270 percent increase above a baseline would be considered an outstanding achievement worthy of praise. The firearm industry just pulled it off and is working to get the number even higher. NSSF achieved a 270 percent increase in … Read more

Researchers: Guns in the Home Increase Youth Suicide

January 24, 2025January 23, 2019 by Kat Ainsworth Stevens

“Research” carried out using somewhat dubious means and with iffy parameters… “For each 10 percentage-point increase in household gun ownership, the youth suicide rate increased by 26.9 percent,” they wrote in their report, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. “The only other factors that were associated with overall youth suicide rates were the … Read more

Howard: Gun Deaths Highest in 40 Years

December 15, 2018 by Kat Ainsworth Stevens

Nearly 40,000 people in the United States died by guns last year, marking the highest number of gun deaths in decades, according to a new analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s WONDER database. CNN replicated that analysis and found that 39,773 people died by guns in 2017, which is an … Read more

Trump Slump? 2017 Second Biggest Year Ever For Gun Sales

January 3, 2018 by John Boch

The FBI has released the final numbers for 2017 gun sales. While 2016’s sales record of 27 million still stands, last year’s 25,235,215 comes in second by a mere eight percent. While the mainstream media claimed a steep decline in firearm sales, those fake news reports proved nothing more than wishful thinking. From the Washington Post (where … Read more

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