It’s nice to be back. I missed you guys and girls.
I’ve just returned from SHOT, a little the worse for the wear, but I was happy to reconnect with so many old friends and industry associates. Our response to the inquiries “What’s new?” was a relatively modest one. You’ll have seen or will see some additional barrel lengths, specifically the 4” Ranger II (California: you’re welcome). We’re also looking at offering some additional colored finishes (bronze and dark blue were shown at the show) as well as a faux case-hardened look (not my personal favorite, I’ll admit, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder). You can probably expect to see these offered as TALO special editions. Otherwise, I answered the question with “Same old low prices, same old high quality and same old good customer service”.
I wanted to briefly redraw your attention to the state of the firearms industry and last year’s stunningly abrupt reversal in the anti-gun rhetoric spewed by Joe Biden, echoed by several others of his fellow candidates, where he shifted his sights away from the NRA and refocused them, instead, on the universe of firearms manufacturers who he characterized as “the enemy” of public safety https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/450807-biden-enemy-is-gun-manufacturers-not-the-nra. I use that as counterpoint to a campaign designed and supported by the National Shooting Sports Foundation called “Real Solutions” https://www.nssfrealsolutions.org/ which illustrates the policies and programs created and championed by the industry which actually have a demonstrable, positive impact on public safety. This is joined by a companion program recently launched called “Gun Owners Care” https://gunownerscare.org/, an effort intended to deflect the broad-brushed criticisms that gun owners like you and me are inherently bad people because of our enjoyment of firearms and the rights and traditions they embody.