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Gun Sales Could Drive Upside For Cabelas
Monday, July 25, 2016 - 10:17am | 402Read More...MKM Partners said strong gun/ammunition sales following the nightclub shooting in Orlando should aid Cabelas Inc (NYSE: CAB)'s second-quarter results, which come amid M&A speculations. Cabela's, which is a specialty retailer and a direct marketer of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor...
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How Do Gun Stocks Respond In The Days And Weeks After Mass Shootings?
Friday, July 8, 2016 - 1:14pm | 329Read More...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,...
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FBI Background Check Data Indicate Gun Purchases May Set A Record In 2016
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 11:05am | 412Read More...American consumers are breaking records this summer in a controversial category: gun sales. The Federal Bureau of Investigation released its background check data late Friday, data which is used as a proxy for the level of gun sales, and the numbers suggest to CNN Money that 2016 is on track to...
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Gun Control Social Chatter Reaches Historic High
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 2:01pm | 354Read More...The latest data from TickerTags indicate the Orlando shootings may have triggered more public gun control discussions than ever before. TickerTags monitors social media sites to identify trends by searching for words and phrases that appear together in social media content, such as tweets. In the...
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Senate Rejects 4 Measures Restricting Guns After Last Week's Mass Shooting In Orlando
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 8:12am | 330Read More...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...
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Gun Stocks Spiking Higher In The Wake Of Orlando Tragedy
Monday, June 13, 2016 - 7:30am | 327Read More...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....
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Facebook Bans Private Gun Sales
Monday, February 1, 2016 - 2:08pm | 503Read More...While the foray into e-commerce has been overly successful and lucrative for the likes of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), not all online-shopping exchanges have been met positively. The public has taken advantage of these platforms to buy and sell items without the arduous process of background...
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Gun Stocks, Background Checks Surge As Obama Zeros In On Gun Violence
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 10:28am | 406Read More...President Obama has scheduled a televised town hall meeting with CNN’s Anderson Cooper this week called “Guns In America,” leading many to speculate that gun control could be a primary focus of Obama’s final year in office, according to USA Today. While gun owners wait to...
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Gun Stocks Continue To Rise: Thanks, Obama
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 1:30pm | 570Read More...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...
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Smith & Wesson To Acquire Battenfeld Technologies For $130 Million
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 10:44am | 250Read More...Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) announced on Wednesday it will acquire Battenfeld Technologies, a hunting and shooting accessories provider for $130 million. Battenfeld Technologies develops and sells shooting, reloading, gunsmithing and gun cleaning supplies under several...
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Taking Stock Of Smith & Wesson Versus Sturm Ruger
Friday, August 29, 2014 - 10:21am | 456Read More...Guns have famously been called "The Great Equalizer," but that doesn't mean every gun stock is equal. For those interested in guns, which is the better play: Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC) or Sturm Ruger (NYSE: RGR)? Fear Driven Sales Spike Over Smith & Wesson and Sturm...











