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How Mississippi Ranks in Gun Manufacturing | Mississippi

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www.thecentersquare.com – By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. via – 2023-08-10 12:22:47

Home to many of the world's largest gunmakers, the United States is a global leader in firearms production. Data from the of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives shows that over 13.8 million firearms were manufactured in the U.S. in 2021 alone.

While a small portion of American-made firearms are exported and sold abroad, our nation's $32 a year arms and ammunition industry caters primarily to the domestic market, as consumer demand for firearms in the U.S. is second to none. According to the industry trade group National Shooting Sports Foundation, there are over 434 million guns in circulation in the United States. And with a population of 335 million, the U.S. is the only country in the world with more civilian-owned firearms than people.

There were over 3,200 federally licensed gunmakers in the U.S. in 2021. And while these companies are spread out across the 50 states, American firearm manufacturing is heavily concentrated in certain parts of the country.

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According to the ATF, there were 39 active firearm manufacturing facilities in Mississippi in 2021. Between them, output totaled 3,003 firearms in 2021, the ninth fewest among the 50 states.

The state's single largest firearm manufacturing facility, as measured by annual output, is located in Lucedale and by JMS Manufacturing Inc. This plant alone accounted for 42.9% of all guns produced in Mississippi in 2021.

Rank State Firearms manufactured in state, 2021 Gunmakers in state, 2021 Largest gunmaker in state, 2021 Largest gunmaker output, 2021 (firearms produced)
1 Missouri 2,467,145 93 Smith & Wesson 2,316,857
2 New Hampshire 1,992,731 27 Sig Sauer Inc. 1,293,532
3 Georgia 1,496,877 105 Glock Inc. 581,944
4 North Carolina 894,882 152 Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. 604,941
5 814,838 401 Maverick Arms, Inc. 492,167
6 Arizona 699,100 192 Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. 603,500
7 Florida 671,359 198 SCCY Industries LLC 216,932
8 Illinois 647,423 43 Springfield Inc. 590,750
9 Kentucky 510,679 39 WM C Anderson Inc. 505,635
10 435,514 27 Savage Arms, Inc. 406,867
11 Alabama 294,166 52 Kimber Mfg Inc. 275,325
12 Utah 271,862 103 TDJ Buyer, LLC 72,983
13 Nevada 262,086 56 Legacy Sports International Inc. 214,258
14 Washington 242,736 62 Aero Precision LLC 174,662
15 South Carolina 240,114 55 FN America, LLC 169,407
16 Pennsylvania 228,400 110 IWI US Inc. 96,662
17 New Jersey 209,770 11 Henry RAC Holding Corp. 208,423
18 Tennessee 185,720 82 Beretta USA Corp. 155,352
19 Connecticut 184,633 33 Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC 151,771
20 Wisconsin 137,397 80 Henry RAC Holding Corp. 112,180
21 Vermont 135,030 20 Century Arms Inc. 132,705
22 Ohio 130,848 117 Strassells Machine Inc. 106,807
23 New York 128,276 61 RemArms LLC 86,594
24 California 82,532 76 Senga Engineering Inc. 23,324
25 Arkansas 73,351 47 Wilsons Gun Inc. 41,746
26 Minnesota 46,584 37 Magnum Research Inc. 14,586
27 Idaho 43,241 75 FM Products Inc. 18,593
28 Indiana 41,498 60 Tippmann Arms Company LLC 15,113
29 Maryland 30,358 24 LWRC International 27,331
30 Montana 26,446 55 Noreen Firearms LLC 16,296
31 Michigan 26,424 73 Great Lakes Firearms and Ammunition LLC 22,388
32 Iowa 25,326 47 Brownells Inc. 11,024
33 Maine 23,226 21 Windham Weaponry Inc. 22,930
34 Kansas 19,287 46 CZ-USA 14,383
35 Virginia 17,890 84 Kriss USA, Inc. 12,809
36 Oregon 16,619 50 TNW Firearms Inc. 4,004
37 Oklahoma 14,654 69 International Firearm Corporation LLC 11,423
38 Wyoming 10,341 52 Weatherby Inc. 7,630
39 Virginia 6,941 28 Childers Guns LLC 5,108
40 Nebraska 6,882 26 Zermatt Arms Inc. 4,076
41 Colorado 3,109 75 M+M Inc. 1,712
42 Mississippi 3,003 39 JMS Manufacturing Inc. 1,289
43 2,658 43 Brothers LA Arms, LLC 640
44 North Dakota 1,301 10 Roughrider Arms LLC 1,167
45 South Dakota 906 20 West Rifle Company LLC 277
46 New Mexico 281 24 Farnsworth, Dustin Robert and Angie J 81
47 Alaska 258 21 Annex Industries, LLC 50
48 Rhode Island 144 5 Ocean State Armory LLC 50
49 Delaware 11 2 Gusovsky Gunsmithing LLC 8
50 Hawaii 8 2 Koffin Wurks LLC 7

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Biden administration’s abortion-related rule challenged in litigation | Louisiana

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www.thecentersquare.com – By Steve Wilson | – 2024-05-14 13:01:00

(The Center Square) – The attorneys general of and Mississippi have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a new rule by the Equal Employment Commission that they say could impose a national abortion regime.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court in Lake Charles on Monday that seeks to challenge a rule that would require employers to accommodate employees' abortions under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. 

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This bipartisan bill was intended to protections for pregnant women in the workplace, including “reasonable accomodations” related to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions. 

The two Republican attorneys general are seeking an injunction to stop the rule, which goes in effect 60 days after it has been filed in the federal register. The rule is intended to implement the provisions of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act passed by in 2022.

“This new action by the EEOC is another example of bureaucrats rewriting acts of Congress to their own liking, and it's unconstitutional,” Murrill said in a release. “We will continue to challenge this administration's overreach and protect pregnant women.”

In the complaint, the two attorneys general say the new rule, which doesn't require employers to pay travel costs for an abortion or an employee's insurer to pay for an abortion, runs afoul of the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned the decision and sent abortion policy back to the states.

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The rule requires employers in states that have largely outlawed abortion such as Louisiana and Mississippi to accommodate abortions or else face federal lawsuits for monetary damages and injunctive relief as any violation of EEOC rules can draw.

“The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was a bipartisan effort to women in the workplace while they are pregnant and childbirth,” Fitch said in a news release. “But the Biden administration is threatening to derail commonsense measures, like adequate seating, bathroom and water breaks, and relaxed dress codes, by reading into the law required accommodations for elective abortion, even where that overrides the will of the people or the religious liberty of the employer. 

“This administration will stop at nothing to undo the Dobbs decision, which gave the people back their power over abortion policymaking and to impose a national abortion regime.”

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Senators from 17 states want Postal Service to pause 10-year plan to save $160B | National

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www.thecentersquare.com – By Joe Mueller | – 2024-05-09 12:00:00

(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of 26 U.S. senators from 17 states are urging of the U.S. Postal Service to delay execution of its strategic plan.

“We call on you to pause planned changes to the U.S. Postal Service's processing and delivery network under the ‘Delivering for America' plan, until you request and a comprehensive Advisory Opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission to fully study the potential impacts of these changes,” according to a letter signed by the Senators and addressed to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the Board of Governors.

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Democratic Nevada Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen signed the letter and highlighted ongoing demands to change the plan, made along with U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev. They highlighted planned changes to a facility in Reno, which will be downsized from a regional hub to a local center and its regional operations moved to Sacramento, Calif.

“We call on USPS to pause all changes, pending a full study of this plan by its regulator,” the letter stated. “While USPS claims these changes overall will improve service while reducing costs, there is evidence to the contrary in locations where USPS has implemented changes so far. USPS must stop implementation, restore service in those where changes were implemented, and fully understand the nationwide effects of its plan on service and communities.”

“Delivering For America,” a 60-page, 10-year plan published by USPS, states the organization is optimizing mail and packaging processing capabilities as it lost $87 during the last 14 years.

“The Plan's strategic initiatives are designed to reverse a projected $160 billion in losses over the next ten years by achieving break-even operating performance,” according to the publication.

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Changes in how people use the Postal Service resulted in costly inefficiencies, according to the plan.

“Our processing network was originally designed to meet the demands of a robust, and ever-growing mail market,” the plan stated. “Similarly, our facilities were located geographically and set up operationally to facilitate the timely and efficient processing of mail. As mail volume has decreased, our machines and facilities have been left under-utilized, leaving us with a physical network that does not correspond to the current and projected needs of our customers.”

In addition to the senators from Nevada, senators from Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, , Virginia and Wyoming also signed the letter. It highlighted problems associated with moving mail processing away from local communities and reductions in transporting mail, leaving mail sitting overnight in local offices.

“We are concerned about the impacts these changes have had so far, and the potential impacts that further changes could have,” the senators wrote. “In regions where USPS has implemented significant changes, on-time mail delivery has declined. In addition, it is not clear these changes will improve efficiency or costs. Despite these concerns, USPS has moved forward with announcing and approving additional facility changes across the country.”

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25 states fight EPA’s power plant smokestack regulations | West Virginia

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www.thecentersquare.com – By Jon Styf | – 2024-05-09 07:53:00

(The Center Square) – Virginia and Indiana are leading a group of 25 states asking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to declare the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new rule on coal, natural gas and oil power plants to be declared unlawful.

The new EPA rule will require coal and natural gas power plants to capture smokestack emissions or shutter.

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“The EPA continues to not fully understand the direction from the Supreme Court—unelected bureaucrats continue their pursuit to legislate rather than rely on elected members of for guidance,” West Virginia Morrisey said. “This green new deal agenda the Biden administration continues to force onto the people is setting up the plants to fail and therefore shutter, altering the nation's already stretched grid.”

Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, , Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, , Utah, Virginia and Wyoming are part of the lawsuit.

Morrisey and the attorneys general argue Congress did not give EPA the authority to create rules to remake the electricity grid and the rules are taking to make broad regulatory authority away from Congress.

West Virginia successfully fought EPA rules in front of the in 2022 as the court said the EPA should not use its regulatory authority to create broad new regulations with the Clean Act.

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West Virginia, Indiana and others have continued to fight several other EPA proposals the “Good Neighbor Plan” and the EPA's new rule on electric vehicles.

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