Gun-restriction advocates harm their trigger when political point-scoring eclipses public security. So it’s with a Home effort to badger Smith & Wesson about routine and authorized firearm gross sales. A committee charged with oversight has burst its authorized bounds and crossed into character assassination.
The dispute between the Home Oversight Committee and Smith & Wesson escalated Monday when the corporate objected to the committee’s subpoena. Committee Democrats, led by Chair Carolyn Maloney, are demanding that the producer produce gross sales and income figures for its AR-15-style sporting rifles. The corporate says the subpoena squashed months of good-faith efforts to cooperate.
