Neighbors Of Slide Fire Solutions Stand Behind Company

By Tom Knighton

On the last day of September, no one knew the name “Slide Fire Solutions.” They didn’t know it the next day either, but the days of relative anonymity were quickly drawing to a close and were abruptly shattered when news broke that the madman behind the Las Vegas massacre had used bump stocks on some of his weapons.

Now, the small, Texas-based company has found itself and its products in the center of a firestorm of controversy.

Yet their neighbors in Moran, Texas seem to have their back.

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 …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms