On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, Army reservist Robert Card entered a local bar and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine. Equipped with a Ruger SFAR assault rifle, he killed 18 victims and wounded 13 others before taking his own life. Days after the att

SFAR Assault Rifle In 2022, Ruger announced the planned release of the SFAR and by early 2023 the weapon was available for sale with a retail price of $1,329. [...] On its website, Ruger describes the SFAR (Small Frame Auto-Loading Rifle) as “Bigger and Stronger Where It Needs to Be and Remains Smaller and Lighter Than Comparable .308-Sized Rifles.” The webpage also notes that the assault rifle was the 2023 Industry Choice Awards “Rifle of the Year.”5 According to Ruger, “A true small-frame autoloading rifle, the SFAR is nearly identical in size to a traditio. [...] A 2020 Guns Magazine review of the PC Charger assault pistol labeled the gun “A really cool tool for defense and fun.” A caption beneath a photo of the pistol states, “Right out of the box, the Ruger PC Charger already looks like something from The Terminator movies. [...] For us at Ruger, it's not just a matter of protecting our livelihood, making firearms in the United States, but it's really being leaders and trying to demonstrate that we need to protect our freedoms beyond just our firearms freedoms, all the freedoms that are enumerated in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and just very, very critical.”23 At the meeting, Ruger added an additional Golden Ri. [...] "The funds raised from this program will help us in both our fight to protect the Second Amendment and our effort to educate voters and get them to the polls in this crucial election year."25 Following this, in August 2016, Ruger announced the “$5 Million Match Campaign,” stating that until October 31, 2016, the company would match any donation made to the NRA-ILA affiliated with the campaign, up.