"When he picked up the phone at his Scottsdale, Ariz., home last month, James Joseph Minder realized it was the call he'd been dreading for the past 20 years. A reporter with the Arizona Republic had an urgent question for the 74-year-old chairman of Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.: Was he the notorious felon known as the "Shotgun Bandit" in Michigan decades ago? Mr. Minder felt a flash of fear. At first he insisted the reporter had a case of mistaken identity. "I told him, 'I'm not that person,'" he recalls. He confirmed his name and date of birth. Then, they hung up. But after talking to his wife of 28 years, Mr. Minder says he decided that "I had better tell the truth." Mr. Minder quickly informed the other members of the company's board and, at the next meeting, tendered his resignation as chairman."
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Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson (S&W) is an American manufacturer of firearms, ammunition and restraints. The corporate headquarters are in Springfield. Smith & Wesson was founded in 1852 and is now a unit of American Outdoor Brands Corporation.
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