Area residents stand behind Slide Fire Solutions

By Christen Smith

Slide Fire Solutions is headquartered in the tiny central Texas town of Moran. The 270-strong community told the New York Times this week they are standing behind the company and its founder, Air Force veteran Jeremiah Cottle. (Photo: Joy Lewis/Abilene Reporter-News)
The residents of the tiny town in central Texas where Slide Fire Solutions manufactures its now infamous bump stocks say they are standing behind the company and its founder, Jeremiah Cottle, according to a report from the New York Times.
Moran, Texas, sits 150 miles west of Dallas off State Highway 6. Less than 300 people call the town home and most of them consider Slide Fire Solutions an economic blessing.
“It’s kept the community going,” Jed Cottle, Jeremiah’s brother, told the New York Times during an interview at high school football game earlier this month. “Everybody shows up here on Friday night. Slide Fire has kept it going.”
Jeremiah Cottle, an Air Force veteran, opened Slide Fire Solutions in Moran in 2010, generating $10 million in sales in its first year. It’s signature product, the bump stock, soared from obscurity into the national spotlight three weeks ago when federal investigators revealed a dozen of the devices were found in the Las Vegas shooter’s

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