NJGUNSTAT "Smith & Wesson or Swaziland" Listed as Weapon Manufacturer

[airbornecpa]

I was over at thetruthaboutguns.com reading a an article that references NJGUNSTAT. Being the inquisitive (nosey) person I am I went to https://www.nj.gov/oag/njsp/njgunstat/ where I found that the Victim and Weapons Breakdown from April 2019 through July 202 that "Smith & Wesson or Swaziland" was listed as a manufacturer of guns recovered.

Here is the link to the July 2020 report, https://www.nj.gov/oag/njsp/njgunstat/ ... 202008.pdf

From Wikipedia I found that Swaziland is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini

In terms of truthfulness and (political) correctness I think someone in new jersey has some explaining to do.

[ELB]

I'm guessing some gun-clueless data entry drone ran across the abbreviation "SW" in a description of a firearm and used some kind of online dictionary that said it could stand for "Smith & Wesson" or "Swaziland," so that's what got typed in.

[JustSomeOldGuy]

I've visited Swaziland a number of times - an independent kingdom surrounded by mountains. Beautiful but poor - a popular gambling destination for South Africans. In my time it was King Sobhuza, now his son, King Mswati.

If you're a "gambling destination" and you're still poor, you're not doing it right....

[ELB]

I've visited Swaziland a number of times - an independent kingdom surrounded by mountains. Beautiful but poor - a popular gambling destination for South Africans. In my time it was King Sobhuza, now his son, King Mswati.

If you're a "gambling destination" and you're still poor, you're not doing it right....

Yeah, Unless it’s like most small Third World countries with strong man governments And all the gambling taxes and kickbacks end up in Very few pockets while the rest of the country stays poor.

[Rafe]

I'm guessing some gun-clueless data entry drone ran across the abbreviation "SW" in a description of a firearm and used some kind of online dictionary that said it could stand for "Smith & Wesson" or "Swaziland," so that's what got typed in.

Very likely. But they still need to fire the entry drone because the ISO abbreviation for Swaziland is SZ. "SW" isn't used as a country abbreviation, and Swaziland was renamed in 2018 to the Kingdom of Eswatini (still use country code SZ, though). (And with the death of Chadwick Boseman, not pertinent but I'll bet Swaziland may have been the original comic book idea for Wakanda. As Andy says, an independent kingdom, beautiful but poor, surrounded by mountains. The country's English-translated motto includes "We are a fortress; we are a mystery; we hide ourselves away; we are powerful ones.")

And to my knowledge Smith & Wesson never had a manufacturing operation in Swaziland.