In September 2019, Colt announced that it was ceasing production of the AR-15 in order to focus on their government contracts. Understandably, many pro-freedom activists and writers immediately questioned whether the firearms manufacturer’s decision was influenced by the ever-increasing leftist pressure on gun companies and their allies. On September 19th, Colt published a statement responding to their critics, assuring that their decision was based on consumer demand and market over-saturation of the AR-15, making sure to confirm that the decision was not political. The market is over-saturated with AR-15s, which likely contributes to their incredible affordability and high quality. That said, we could not rule out the possibility that political pressure influenced their decision.

Predictably, the anti-freedom activists are celebrating this development as a win for ‘gun control’. Among the happy statists are media sites like Yahoo, The Guardian, NY Times, USA Today, and many others. The ‘AR-15 Salesmen of the Month’, Beto O’Rourke himself tweeted in celebration of Colt’s announcement. The naive anti-freedom leftists seem to believe that the AR-15 market is now doomed. In addition to the roughly 15,000,000 ARs already in civilian hands, many companies will continue to produce and sell AR-15s to civilians, and who knows how many such companies will be created in the future.

PSA makes a lot of the millions of civilian-owned ARs in the US

A Georgia-based firearms training academy called ‘Odin Defense Academy’ compiled and posted this excellent list of such companies in a recent Facebook post:

In what some gun control advocates are claiming as a major victory, Colt has announced they will no longer manufacture AR-15 rifles, thus reducing the number of so-called assault rifle manufacturers.

These are the ONLY remaining companies who still manufacture and sell AR-15 rifles in the US: Best get one while you can!

1 2 Vets Arms Company, LLC

2 Adams Arms

3 ADCOR Defence

4 Addax

5 ADEQ Firearms Company

6 Advanced Defense Systems (ADS)

7 Aero Precision

8 AGP Arms

9 Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply

10 Alexander Arms

11 All Weapons One

12 Allstar Tactical LLC

13 Alpha Shooting Sports

14 Ambush Firearms

15 Ameetech

16 American Precision Arms

17 American Spirit Arms

18 American Tactical Imports (ATI)

19 American Weapon Systems

20 Anderson Manufacturing

21 Anvil Arms

22 AR 15 Plus

23 AR Performance

24 AR15 Depot

25 AR15 .com Armament Rifle

26 AR57 Center

27 Ardel Engineering (AE)

28 Ares Arms LLC.

29 Ares Defense

30 Arizona Armory (AZ)

31 Armalite

32 Armitage International LTD

33 ARMS LLC

34 Arm’s Tech LTD

35 Astra Arms

36 ATT Tactical

37 AXTS Weapons

38 Balimoy

39 Barnes Precision

40 Barret Firearms Manufacturing

41 Bartlett Enterprises

42 Battle Born Rifles

43 Battle Rifle Company

44 Bazooka Brothers Manufacturing

45 Black Dawn

46 Black Diamond SOCOM Mfg.

47 Black Gold custom Arms

48 Black Heart International

49 Black Hole Weaponry

50 Black Rain

51 Black Scorpion Firearms

52 Black Weapons Armory

53 Blackthorne

54 BMG Inc

55 Bohica Arms

56 Bradley Arms

57 Branch Custom Weaponry

58 Bravo Company Manufacturing (BCM)

59 Bushmaster Firearms International

60 C3 Defense

61 Cavalry Arms

62 Centurion Arms

63 Centurion Tactical

64 Century

65 Century Arms

66 Charles Daly

67 Chattahoochee Gun Works LLC

68 Chengdu Hongguag Machinery Manufacturing Co Ltd

69 Chiappa Firearms

70 Christensen Arms

71 Christian Armory Works (CAW)

72 CIV Tactical

73 CMMG

74 CMS

75 Cobra Tactical

77 Compass Lake Engineering (CLE)

78 Conquest Arms

79 Controlled Chaos Arms

80 Core15

81 Crusader Weaponry

82 D.S. Arms

83 Dalphon Firearms

84 Daniel Defense

85 Dedicated Technology

86 Delaware Machinery

87 Delta Arms Company

88 Del-Ton

89 Denny’s Guns

90 Detroit Gun Works

91 Diemaco

92 Dlask Arms

93 Double Diamond Law Enforcement Supply

94 Double Star

95 DPMS / Panther Arms

96 Dreadnaught Industries

97 Duty Precision Machinery Shops (DPM Shops)

98 Eagle Arms

99 East Coast Gun Sales

100 Echigoya

101 Edward Arms

102 Elite Arms

103 Essential Arms

104 Fabrique Nationale

105 Firebird Precision

106 Frankford Arsenal

107 Franklin Armory

108 Frozen North Firearms

109 Fulton Armory

110 GA Precision (GAP)

111 Galati International

112 GAR Arms

113 Global Tactical

114 GM Corp.

115 Good Time Outdoors Inc

116 Grenadier Precision*

117 Group Industries*

118 GT Vertical Concepts (GTVC)

119 Gun Smoke Enterprises

120 H&H Enterprises

121 Harrington and Richarson (H&R)

122 Hatcher Gun Company

123 Head Down Products

124 Heckler and Koch

125 Henderson Defense

126 Hera Arms

127 Hera Arms, Germany

128 Hesse

129 High Mountain Hunting Supply

130 High Standard Manufacturing Company

131 Hogan guns

132 Holland Gun Works

133 Houlding Precision

134 Huldra Arms

135 Integrity Arms and Survival

136 Iron Ridge Arms

137 JARD Inc.

138 JD Machine

139 JP Enterprises

140 JSE Surplus

141 Kaiser Defense

142 Kiss Tactical

143 Knights Armament Co. (KAC)

144 Kurt’s Kustom Firearms (KKF)

145 L&G weaponry

146 Lancer Systems

147 Land Warfare Research Company (LWRC)

148 Lantac, UK

149 LAR Grizzly

150 LaRue

151 Lauer Custom Weaponry (LCW)

152 LBR Arms

153 Legion Firearms

154 Les Bauer

155 Lewis Machine and Tool (LMT)

156 Liberty Arms

157 Liberty Tactical

158 Loki

159 Lone Wolf Distributing

160 M Weapons

161 Mack Gwinn Industries (?) (MGI)

162 Magpul

163 Mattel Corp.

164 McKay Enterprises LLC.

165 Mean Metal Inc

166 Medesha Firearms

167 Mega Arms

168 Midstate Firearms

169 Model 1 Sales

170 Mohawk Armory

171 Molot

172 Mossberg

173 National Ordnance Company

174 New Evolution Military Ordnance (NEMO)

175 New Frontier Armory

176 Next Generation Arms

177 Nodak

178 Nordic Components

179 Norinco

180 North East Arms

181 Noveske

182 Oberland Arms, Germany

183 Olympic Arms

184 Palmetto State Armory

185 Palmetto State Defense

186 Para – USA

187 Patriot Defense Arms

188 Patriot Ordinance (POF)

189 Plum Crazy

190 Precision Firearms

191 Precision Guncraft

192 Predator Custom Shop

193 Predator Tactical

194 PRI Uppers

195 Primary Weapons Systems (PWS)

196 ProArms

197 PWA

198 Quality Arms

199 Quentin Defence

200 R Guns

201 Rainer Arms

202 Ratworx

203 RCM Gun Parts

204 Red Jacket Firearms

205 Red X Arms

206 Remington

207 RGM inc

208 Rifle Dynamics

209 RifleGear

210 RND

211 Rock Island Arsenal

212 Rock River Arms

213 Rocky Mountain Arms

214 Roggio Arsenal

215 Ruger

216 S I Defense

217 Saber Tactical

218 Sabre Defence

219 Schmeisser, Germany

220 Scorpion Tactical

221 Seekins Precision

222 Senda Corp

223 Sendra

224 SGW*

225 Shadow Ops Weaponry

226 Sharps Rifle Company/Sharps rifle

227 Sig Sauer

228 Sionics

229 Smith & Wesson

230 SNS Industries

231 SOCOM Mfg.

232 Sog Arms

233 Sonju Defense

234 Southern Gun Co.

235 Specialized Dynamics

236 Specialized Tactical Systems

237 Spike’s Tactical

238 Stag Arms

239 State of the Art Arms (SOTA)

240 Sterling Arsenal

241 Stinger Arms

242 Sun Devil

243 Superior Arms

244 Surplus Ammo and Arms

245 Tactical Weapons Solutions

246 Tactical Ammunition

247 Tactical Arms Manufacturing

248 Tactical Innovations

249 Tactical Machining

250 Tactics LLC

251 Templar Custom

252 Templar Tactical Arms

253 Teppo Jutsu LLC.

254 Thompson Machine

255 Thor Global Defense

256 Timberwolf Tactical

257 Titan Ordinance

258 TKS Engineering

259 TNW Firearms

260 Tommy15

261 Top Notch Tactical (TNT)

262 Triplett Firearms

263 Tromix

264 Tyr Defense Industries

265 U T Arms

266 Umbrella Corporation Weapons Research Group

267 US Firearms Academy

268 USA Tactical Firearms

269 Valkyrie Arms

270 Vidalia Police Supply

271 Vltor

272 Vulcan Armament

273 WFC Proshop

274 White Oaks Armament

275 Wilson Combat

276 Windham Weaponry

277 Xtreme Machining

278 Yankee Hill Machine (YHM)

279 Z M Weapons

280 Zel Custom Manufacturing

281 Zombie Defense

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