Disinformation from AP. The Republican Party rarely if ever backs one Republican candidate against another before the primary or convention is over. Only after a single candidate is selected for a position will the Party endorse the candidate. Trump is starting against a new field and has a good advantage and lots of backing but it is way too early to expect an endorsement.
Their current headquarters is in KC. In April they opened a 40 acre factory site on the Arkansas River south of Little Rock and plan to move their headquarters there. BTW CZ also owns Dan Wesson.
As I understand it he is looking at some type of payment-in-kind. The SPR effectively rents space and takes payment in oil. Last time I looked there was about 77MMBbls of outage roughly half Light Sweet and half Heavy Sour. You can look it up by gong to the SPR website.
In Texas you are exempt from the FBI background if you are a LTC holder. The reason for this is because the response a dealer gets from the FBI is either no record found or see FBI file. If it is the latter the purchase is held for further investigation. As all LTC holders now have an FBI file it delays the purchase and negates the purpose of an instant background check. States that issue LTCs can opt out of the FBI check if the desire which is what Texas has done. Accordingly, here if you present a LTC when purchasing a firearm, the dealer will more likely than not tell you you do not need a background check. They just aren't telling you that the reason is because you already passed one.