America’s gun owners have become a more diverse group, regardless of the rhetoric.

Gun store zoning regulation proposals being considered are causing division among members of the San Antonio City Council.

It’s tough maintaining a shooting sports retail business in firearms-hostile states. But many still do, and here’s how to survive and thrive where gun-grabbers rule.

The question put to voters read “Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to include a declaration that the right to keep and bear arms is an unalienable right and that the state government is obligated to uphold that right?”

A major reason for the change of plans is Maryland’s Firearm Safety Act of 2013. The version passed by the state’s Senate included regulations that would have prevented Beretta USA from manufacturing, storing, or importing many of the products that it sells across the country and around the world.

The nationwide retailer is the latest business in the cross hairs of the anti-gun group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. The group has petitioned the Minneapolis, Minn., based Target Corp. to ban guns in its stores and their effort quickly collected over 10,000 signatures.