-- Chad Love

States with gun-friendly cultures have their sights set on luring the nation's gun companies away from their historic locations in the increasingly gun-hostile northeast.

From this story in the New York Times:
For more than a century, the nation’s firearms industry, including iconic brands like Colt, Smith & Wesson and Winchester, has been concentrated in Northeastern and Midwestern states that now have restrictive gun-control laws. But recently, states like Idaho, Alabama and Montana have presented a novel argument as part of an effort to lure the firearms industry’s high-paying jobs south and west: Gun makers would be happier and more successful among citizens who regularly use firearms than they would be remaining in states trying to limit gun rights.

--Dave Maccar

Doctors and gun control groups are already saying they will challenge a Florida law signed Thursday by Gov. Rick Scott that makes it illegal for doctors to ask patients about gun ownership. Doctors say it’s the same as talking with patients about safe storage of poisons in the home or about using car seats.

From this story on ABCNews.com:
"Gov. Rick Scott should realize the risks to public health and safety that he would be sanctioning by giving into the gun lobby's agenda," the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence said in a joint statement with the Florida chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians and American College of Physicians. When it was first proposed in January, the gun gag bill sparked outrage among pediatricians, who said asking parents about guns in the home was not only their right but their responsibility.

By David Maccar

Several stories have come through Field Notes this year about high school students who absent-midedly leave a hunting rifle or shotgun in their vehicle, thereby violating their school's zero-tolerance weapons policy, landing them with a suspension or even expulsion. An expulsion was overturned in California early this year and some Michigan teens were suspended in November. Here’s another forgetful young hunter in Montana who finds herself in a similar circumstance.

From this story on FoxNews.com:
On the morning of Dec.1, Demari DeReu drove to Columbia Falls High School in Montana and parked her blue-green Honda Accord in the lot, just as she does every morning. The 16-year-old honor roll student, class treasurer and varsity cheerleader walked in to school, forgetting entirely about the unloaded hunting rifle locked in the trunk of her car.

Later that day, there was an announcement telling students contraband sniffing dogs were scouting the parking lot, sparking her memory. She immediately told administrators that she’d forgotten to remove her scoped hunting rifle from the trunk following a Thanksgiving family hunting excursion. She was suspended from school for violating federal and state gun laws.

By Joe Cermele

Join Kyle Turley and Hank III in episode 3 of "The Wild Life" to find out whether it's Hank or Kyle that has better chops on the trap range. Then watch them break out the black guns. And don't miss episode 1, or episode 2.