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AMERICAN OUTDOOR BRANDS, THE PARENT COMPANY OF SMITH & WESSON, WILL RELEASE ITS ANNUAL EARNINGS REPORT WEDNESDAY. FIREARM SALES WERE DOWN 60 PERCENT IN THE COMPANY'S THIRD QUARTER AND ARE DOWN 46 PERCENT OVER THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THE COMPANY'S FISCAL YEAR.

TEACHERS AND GUNS: INSIDE A FIREARM TRAINING WHERE EDUCATORS LEARN TO TAKE DOWN SHOOTERS. EDITOR’S NOTE: A VERSION OF THIS STORY RAN IN YESTERDAY’S NEWS SECTION BUT WITHOUT THE VIDEO WHICH WASN’T AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME. WE RECOMMEND THE VIDEO. SEE STORY BELOW.

THE NEW SPEAKER OF THE OHIO HOUSE THREW COLD WATER ON GOVERNOR KASICH’S GUN REFORM MEASURES TUESDAY. REP. RYAN SMITH, WHO WAS ELECTED SPEAKER EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER A LONG STANDOFF WITH FELLOW REPUBLICANS, SAID HIS CAUCUS WAS SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE LEGISLATION.

ON A SWELTERING DAY IN DOVER, DELAWARE, GUN RIGHTS SUPPORTERS WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO GATHER OUTSIDE LEGISLATIVE HALL FOR A PRIZED SEAT IN THE SENATE CHAMBERS. NOT FAR BEHIND WERE MEMBERS OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND OTHER SUPPORTERS OF GUN SAFETY MEASURES. GUN RIGHTS SUPPORTERS CHEERED AS ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN FALTERED IN SENATE.

ONE OF THE LATEST ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGES HAS POTENTIALLY LEGAL AND DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES. THE “NO LACKIN” OR “YOU LACKIN” CHALLENGE, AS IT HAS BEEN CALLED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ENCOURAGES PARTICIPANTS TO PULL GUNS ON EACH OTHER.