The nation’s gun industry has never been under greater scrutiny than now, in the wake of the Newtown school shootings. Just a few miles from the Connecticut state Capitol, where Connecticut’s lawmakers are considering serious gun control reforms, business is booming in West Hartford for Colt firearms.

It’s really two privately held companies now. The company that makes handguns is called Colt’s Manufacturing. The sister company that makes assault-style rifles for police and military worldwide is Colt Defense LLC.

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