Category Archives: Resources

Dave Merrill

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  • Eagle Scout
  • Marine
  • Instructor at the Urban Warfare Training Center
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Strategic Communications at the Ohio State University
  • Writer for Military.com
  • Writer for OFFGRID
  • Writer for Frag Out 
  • 2015 Editor Recoil Magazine
  • 2016 Managing Editor Breach-Bang-Clear
  • 2018 Editor Recoil Magazine

Dr. Jennifer Carlson

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  • Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Arizona
  • 2015 – Author – Citizen-Protectors: The Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline

Stephen Gutowski

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  • writter for:
    – the National Review
    – The Washington Review
    – The Atlanti
    – The Washington Free Beacon
  • 2021 Journalist of the Year at Gun Rights Policy Conference
  • The Reload is both a website and podcast

Stephen Gutowski Twitter
https://twitter.com/StephenGutowski

Stephen Gutowski Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/stephen.gutowski/

The Reload Website
https://thereload.com/

Lewis Machine and Tool Company

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 founded in 1980
Eldridge, Iowa

  • founded by Karl Lewis
  • 1976 Karl worked for Springfield Armory
  • left Springfield Armory and started to make Bolt Carriers for government contracts
  • Providing US law enforcement and government agencies with military type weapons
  • facility in Milan, Illinois
  • manufacture M203 grenade launchers
  • 2000 moved to larger building in Illinois
  • 2000 Started making rifles
  • 2009 L129A $30 million contract
  • CSW 300
  • 2019 moved 25 miles south to Eldridge, Iowa
    – 80,000 sq ft

Lewis Machine & Tool Company
1600 E. Leonard Ct
Eldridge, IA 52748

309-787-7151

lmtdefense.com