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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 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 run 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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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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Senate bill would ban student loan forgiveness for protestors convicted of a crime | National

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www.thecentersquare.com – By Bethany Blankley | contributor – 2024-05-08 12:53:00

(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. senators introduced a bill that would ban student loan forgiveness for protestors convicted of a while protesting on U.S. college campuses.

The No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act was filed by U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., with multiple cosponsors. The bill would prevent any college or university student who is convicted of any offense under federal or while protesting at a higher education institution from having their federal student loans forgiven, cancelled, waived or modified.

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Despite the striking down President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program last June, his administration has proposed new student debt cancellation plans that could cost taxpayers up to $1.4 trillion, The Center Square reported.

The senators, who oppose Biden's plans, proposed the bill after widespread, anti-Semitic protests continue to occur on campuses nationwide resulting in violence against Jewish and in-person instruction and graduations being canceled. In the past few weeks alone, hundreds of students nationwide have been on charges ranging from disrupting the peace, criminal trespass, alleged hate crimes, and acts of violence.

“Americans who never went to college or responsibly paid off their debts shouldn't have to pay off other people's student loans. They especially shouldn't have to pay off the loans of Hamas sympathizers shutting down and defacing campuses,” Cotton said.

U.S. Rep. Brandon Williams, R-NY, who is sponsoring companion legislation in the House, said, “Violent campus protestors laughably demand respect, amnesty, and even takeout food. Our bicameral bill ensures that not one student protestor convicted of criminal offenses is bailed out by student loan forgiveness. Not one dime of taxpayer money will fund these criminals.”

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No Democrats signed onto Cotton's bill. Republican cosponsors include Sens. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Katie Britt of Alabama, Mike Crapo of Idaho, Ted Cruz of , Steve Daines of Montana, Deb Fischer of Nebraska, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Roger Marshall of Kansas, James Risch of Idaho, Mitt Romney of Utah, Marco Rubio of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, and J.D. Vance of Ohio.

Cotton also led another delegation of 27 U.S. senators last month calling on the Departments of Justice and Education to immediately respond to the “outbreak of anti-Semitic, pro-terrorist mobs on college campuses.”

They called on the Department of Education and federal law enforcement “to restore order, prosecute the mobs who have perpetuated violence and threats against Jewish students, revoke the visas of all foreign nationals (such as exchange students) who have taken part in promoting terrorism, and hold accountable school administrators who have stood by instead of protecting their students,” The Center Square reported. At the time, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for was currently investigating roughly 100 incidents at colleges and universities for alleged “discrimination involving shared ancestry” in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Center Square reported.

After the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel, antisemitism and violence escalated against Jews in America by nearly 400%, The Center Square reported. Since then, violence has increased on college campuses with leaders failing to stop it, another report found.

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Hamas, the acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistance Movement), was designated by the U.S. State Department as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997. “It is the largest and most capable militant group in the Palestinian territories and one of the territories' two major political parties,” according to the National Counterterrorism Center.

More than a dozen federal judges have pledged not to hire students from Columbia University after its leaders allowed pro-Hamas encampments on its property and chose to shut down in-person instruction and cancelled graduation. The judges said Columbia had become an “incubator of bigotry” against Jewish people, The Center Square reported.

Several Jewish groups have also sued Palestinian groups they argue are “collaborators and propagandists for Hamas.” Advocating for the death of Jews and committing violence against Jews is not protected speech under the First Amendment, they argue.

Cotton's bill was also filed after nearly all Ivy League universities received failing grades for antisemitism, The Center Square reported. They include Harvard, whose student group hosted a pro-Palestinian activist with ties to Hamas; Brown, which is considering divesting from Israel; and Yale, who's student paper's editor was stabbed in the eye by a pro-Hamas rioter.

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According to The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll, only 2% of Americans surveyed said public universities should encourage students to oppose Israel; 32% said students advocating for the genocide of Jews at schools receiving taxpayer should be held accountable for their words and actions.

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