Category Archives: Resources

ASA

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American Suppressor Association

Sept 8, 2011

  • September 8th,  2011 articles of incorporation were approved American Silencer Association (ASA)
    – now known as the American Suppressor Association.
  • 2011 Founded by Knox Williams
  • 2011 = 285,000 legally obtained suppressors in circulation
    = 39 states were legal to own
  • AAC, Gemtech, and SilencerCo each pledged $5,000 towards the development of a trade association
  • 2012 – ASA Visited the ATF Technology Branch in West Virginia
    – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWWV-Dnu9aY
  • December 2013 – Knox Williams became Executive Director of ASA
  • 2015 – 2017 Michael Williams became full-time attorney 
  • September 2016 – Owen Miller became Director of Outreach
  • 2020 = 1,750,000 suppressors in circulation
    = Law-abiding citizens in 42 states can own suppressors
    = hunters in 40 states are now allowed to use suppressors

https://americansuppressorassociation.com/

Legalized suppressor ownership

  • Iowa
  • Minnesota
  • Vermont

Removed the prohibition on suppressors while hunting

  • July 1, 2014 – Georgia
  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Florida
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Montana
  • New Hampshire
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Texas
  • Wyoming

Florida Carry

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2011

Florida Carry is a Florida nonprofit, non-partisan, grassroots organization dedicated to advancing the fundamental civil right of all Floridians to keep and bear arms for self defense as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Florida’s Declaration of Rights.

https://www.floridacarry.org

The Daily Bullet – Kevin Sona – Florida Carry
Dec 31, 2020

Daily Bullet – Sean Caranna – Florida Carry
Nov 17, 2020

Rhode Island Firearm Owners’ League

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since 2011

  • non-profit grassroots organization
  • a consistent and unified voice for law-abiding Rhode Island Citizens exercising their Second Amendment rights

Rhode Island Firearm Owners’ League
PO Box 226
Fiskeville, RI

http://rifol.org/

partners include:

  • Federated Rhode Island Sportsmen’s Club represents many of the state’s gun clubs.
  • RI2nd is the NRA affiliated club and provides a significant lobbying presence in the state.
  • RI2nd Political Action Committee (PAC) raises money for candidates running for office in Rhode Island to support firearms rights.
  • RIFOL-CDF, the newest organization in the state, promotes lawful gun ownership and protects the right to keep and bear arms; money raised for this fund can be used in lawsuits to serve the mission.

AWC

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founded in 2011

  • Amphibian S ( integrally suppressed )
  • subsidiary of Strategic Armory Corps
  • AWC, AWC Silencers, AWC Firearms, Nexus Ammunition, and AWC Rifles

525 E Pinnacle Peak Rd Ste 100
Phoenix, AZ 85024

623-780-1050

awcsilencers.com

Windham Weaponry

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2011
Windham, Maine

“The Quality Goes In, Before The Rifle Goes Out”

 

  • 2011 Richard Dyke founded Windham Weaponry in Windham, Maine
    – gathered the financing in two days
    – in the property where Bushmaster had been
    – and the workers who had helped him build Bushmaster

Windham Weaponry
PO Box 1900
Windham, Maine 04062

207-893-2223

windhamweaponry.com

CCW Safe

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founded in 2011

  • CCW Safe is a legal service membership plan
  • CCW Safe takes on the burden of the expenses associated with defending a self-defense/use of force critical incident.
  • CCW Safe does not have the conflicts of an insurance product because the company is designed to indemnify the cost of the incident and not the outcome of a trial.
  • Mike Darter Co Founder
  • Kyle Sweet Co- Founder
  • Stan Campbell Co-Founder

CCW SAFE
PO Box 438
Oklahoma City, OK 73101
(405) 724-8501
https://ccwsafe.com/

 

Armscor USA

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USA office opened in 1985
Nevada, Montana

Armscor history in Philippines

  • 1905 – Squires Bingham & Co starts as a print shop
    – sells sporting goods on the side
  • 1941 – Don Celso Tuason purchases Sportsman’s Headquarters
  • 1952 – In postwar Philippines, Don Celso Tuason obtains the first license in his country to begin firearm and ammunition manufacturing
  • 1952 – The company is renamed Squires Bingham Manufacturing Inc.
  • 1965 – Don Celso turns over control of the company to his three sons: Bolo, Butch, Concoy
  • 1980 – Squires Bingham Manufacturing Inc. is reorganized
    – becomes Arms Corporation of the Philippines (ARMSCOR)
    – Demetrio “Bolo” Tuason is named Chairman and President
  • Armscor bult 1911s for
    – Charles Daly
    – Tanfoglio
    – Rock Island Armory

  • 1985 – Armscor Precision International opens its first office in the US
  • 1985 – acquires the Rock Island Armory brand
    – partly outsourced to IMBEL (Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil)
    – distributed in the U.S. by SARCO
    – rebranded Armscor  1911s
  • 1997 – the second manufacturer awarded the ISO 9001 certification
  • 2011 – new production facilities in Stevensville, Montana
    – Armscor USA Ammo
  • 2012 – Martin Tuason becomes new president
  • 2014 .22 TCM
  • 2015 .22 TCM 9R
  • 2016 – Open US Manufacturing plant in Pahrump, NV
  • 2017  M200 .38 caliber revolver

Armscor USA and Rock Island Armory
150 North Smart Way
Pahrump, NV 89060

(775) 537-1444