Cops, Priests Urge Smith & Wesson to Make Guns Safer
A major law enforcement group wants the firearms manufacturer to make its wares easier to track.
American Outdoor Brands Corp., formerly Smith & Wesson, is being urged to examine its safety practices and standards by leaders of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, a law enforcement organization that represents dozens of large North American police departments.
The company’s “firearms are the most commonly used guns recovered at crime scenes by police departments in many cities across America,” states the letter, signed by Montgomery, Maryland, police chief J. Thomas Manger and Art Acevedo, Houston’s police chief. “We believe that this distinction brings with it a heightened responsibility for leadership in the area of gun safety and security.” Manger and Acevedo are respectively the outgoing and incoming presidents of the association.