News / Updates:
February 7th, 2022:
New American Manufacture in Rochester, NY found. Great group of guys and this should be a perfect fit for our new grip, The MF'ing Grip (Multi-Functioning Grip).
March 9th, 2021 - January 7th, 2022:
An American manufacture from Novi, MI, reached out to us to conduct business. We spent approximately 10 months redesigning our new grip to meet their criteria, only to find out that they're owned by a private equity firm that doesn't want to engage in business with the firearms industry. Don't forget, they reached out to us! I think the name Gun Guardian would've given that away.
April 29th, 2021:
We've completely redesigned TS-1 to the point a new name was created, the MF'ing Grip (Multi-Functioning Grip). Our current manufacture has been great, but unfortunately, we've surpassed their capabilities and we're now searching for a new American manufacture.
April 27th, 2021:
Beta testing was completed by the 4 Law Enforcement Agencies, and the majority of the feedback was positive. The two negative comments were how the grip felt (too bulky), and the agencies were concerned about the potential lack of training time for every officer. They informed us that they wanted our grip immediately for their SWAT / Riot teams and motor units. We informed them that we would redesign the grip to make it more comfortable and inquired about training time. We were informed that if we could get our grips out to the local police academy's so the new recruits would be trained upon graduation, they would buy our grip for each new officer.
October 2nd, 2020:
Through the Gun Safety Consortium, Gun Guardian received 4 purchase orders from four law enforcement agencies for Beta testing. Currently there are only 4 agencies involved in the Consortium.
February 2nd, 2020:
Gun Guardian is currently manufacturing TS-1 for the AR in Central Florida. Every part is made and assembled in the USA! Our goal is to start selling to Law Enforcement Agencies this year.
January 16th, 2019:
Gun Guardian was invited to speak and attended the Firearm Safety Expo at Milwaukee Area Technology College. Another amazing opportunity for us, but it was way too cold for this Floridian!
February 1st, 2018:
Gun Guardian was overwhelmed with positive feedback and demand by civilians, Law Enforcement, and Military personnel for our AR rifle attachment at SHOT Show. We are meeting with a local company to discuss the mass-production of TS-1. Every aspect of TS-1 (Research & Development, design, engineering, parts production, assembly, packaging, and even the box) will be 100% made in the USA!!
January 1st, 2018:
Gun Guardian will be at SHOT Show in Las Vegas, January 23 - 26, 2018.
We will be demoing TS-1, our entry level AR attachment. Please come visit us in the NEXT Pavilion, third floor, booth N103.
November 7th, 2017:
Gun Guardian was granted our third patent, for our Handgun attachment.
October 10th, 2017:
Gun Guardian was granted our second patent, for our rifle / Shotgun attachment.
August 3rd, 2017:
Gun Guardian submits a patent application for our "Retrofit" AR Smartgun attachment.
July 27th, 2017:
The Biometric prototypes were not completed. We were sent a poor designed prototype that consisted of a few metal parts with R/C car servos that were hot glued into place. The cost of this was $180,000. This was a hard hit for us ... we're down, but not out.
March 20th, 2017:
Gun Guardian received an email from "A Nation United For A Safer Future". We were asked to be featured panelists at their Inaugural Gun Violence Prevention Summit in Washington, DC. on May 4, 2017. This was a joint conference between two organizations, Americans for Responsible Solutions and the Brady Campaign, in an effort to Prevent Gun Violence. We were happy to oblige.
October 14th, 2016:
Gun Guardian receives an email from a professor from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). We were informed that MSOE was having a session that was focusing on "The Technology of Violence" and asked if we would attend as guest speakers. We were happy to oblige, and we receive a standing ovation!
September 12th, 2016:
Gun Guardian was featured in a Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center HDIAC article, Fall 2016: Volume 3, Issue 3. Click Here
July 18th, 2016:
Gun Guardian was featured as the "Spotlight" on the Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) website. Click Here
January 26th, 2016:
Gun Guardian signs contract with American company in Morgantown, WV to produce biometric prototypes.
December 17th, 2015:
Gun Guardian wins "Smart Tech Challenges Race to Reliability" $2,000 grant.
September 17th, 2015:
Gun Guardian is nominated for the "Race to Reliability Challenge" hosted by Smart Tech Challenges Foundation.
September 1st, 2015:
Gun Guardian was granted our first patent, for our rifle and shotgun attachment.
June 29th, 2015:
Gun Guardian receives a $25,000 grant from the Smart Tech Challenges Foundation.
May 21st, 2015:
Gun Guardian attends the MetroIAF Tech-Fair and is overwhelmed by the positive response from the attendees. One of the critics at the Fair was "Mike the Gun Guy", who is well-known for his skepticism on smart-gun technology. Mike raved about our products which got the attention of Margot Hirsch. Margot is the President of Smart Tech Challenges Foundation, and she couldn't believe Mike had a positive response to our products. Due to this, Margot stated she was going to put Gun Guardian in for a Smart Tech Challenges Foundation grant.
May 5th, 2015:
Gun Guardian receives an email from MetroIAF. Founded in 1940, the Industrial Areas Foundation is the nation's largest and longest-standing network of local faith and community-based organizations. Their representative, Joe Morris, stumbled across our website and invited us to speak at the first-ever Tech Fair focused on personalized guns and related technologies, to be held May 21 in New Rochelle, New York.
April 9th, 2012:
Gun Guardian, LLC is formed, and our website is created.
Sometime in 2011:
A friend asked a couple of questions which left me searching for an answer. That search led me to a crafts store where I purchased modeling clay. I spent several months molding clay to my sidearm and patrol rifle. My search for an answer turned into a goal to build a business focused on practical firearm solutions that makes sense for gun guys. The next few years consisted of us melting and molding plastic to make basic prototypes to test the validity of these concepts. As full-time law enforcement detectives, not only do we have normal business hours, but we're also on-call a couple nights per week and 1-2 weekends per month. As much as I would love to peruse this full-time, Gun Guardian is currently a "hobby". I hope to change that within the next 10 years.
