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Gun companies have been hiring thousands of workers throughout the coronavirus pandemic, riding an unprecedented swell in gun sales and bucking an overall decline in manufacturing employment.

CT firearms industry ranks in top 10 nationally in economic impact. Here's why. FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - Bryan Oberc, Munster, Ind., tries out an AR-15 from Sig Sauer in the exhibition hall at the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Saturday, April 27, 2019.Michael Conroy / Associated Press NEWTOWN — Connecticut’s firearms industry slipped slightly during the coronavirus crisis in 2020, losing 100 jobs and seeing its economic production decrease nominally by 0.2 percent. But Connecticut kept its place as a top 10 state in the economic impact of its firearms indus...

CT firearms industry ranks in top 10 nationally in economic impact. Here's why. FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - Bryan Oberc, Munster, Ind., tries out an AR-15 from Sig Sauer in the exhibition hall at the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Saturday, April 27, 2019.Michael Conroy / Associated Press NEWTOWN — Connecticut’s firearms industry slipped slightly during the coronavirus crisis in 2020, losing 100 jobs and seeing its economic production decrease nominally by 0.2 percent. But Connecticut kept its place as a top 10 state in the economic impact of its firearms indus...

Sturm, Ruger & Co. is adding Marlin firearms production during 2021 at its 220,000 square-foot plant at 271 Cardwell Road in Mayodan. News & Record of Greensboro Another sharp increase in demand for firearms, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and national political tension boosted Sturm, Ruger & Co. to a nearly fourfold jump in fourth-quarter net income at $31.7 million. Diluted earnings were $1.73 a share, compared with 45 cents a year ago. There were no earnings forecasts from Zacks Investment Research. Ruger released its earnings report after the market closed Wednesday. Fourth-...

Nearly 5 million Americans bought a firearm for the first time this year, fueled by pandemic fears and civil unrest.