re: #202 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Really? Guess they didn’t get the memo.

I saw that at a different site, a blog about firearms:

Colt Halts Production of Long Guns for the Retail Market (goes to The Truth about Firearms)

There are a number of updates as the writers of the blog try to confirm details about the announcement, leading to this:

FURTHER UPDATE - 9/19/2019: Colt has issued the following statement on their web site:

Company Response to Questions about Colt Participation in Consumer Markets

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (September 19th, 2019) - There have been numerous articles recently published about Colt’s participation in the commercial rifle market. Some of these articles have incorrectly stated or implied that Colt is not committed to the consumer market. We want to assure you that Colt is committed to the Second Amendment, highly values its customers and continues to manufacture the world’s finest quality firearms for the consumer market.

The fact of the matter is that over the last few years, the market for modern sporting rifles has experienced significant excess manufacturing capacity. Given this level of manufacturing capacity, we believe there is adequate supply for modern sporting rifles for the foreseeable future.

(more at the above link; the full statement at Colt is here)

Company Response to Questions about Colt Participation in Consumer Markets (goes to Colt’s corporate news release page)