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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Oversight Committee initiates gun manufacturer investigation
One of the manufacturers of the gun used in the Uvalde massacre is the subject of this investigation
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In the wake of two massacres that have killed 31 people in less than two weeks, the chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has launched an investigation into gun manufacturers.
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) contacted five gunmakers on Thursday, requesting information regarding the manufacturing, sale, and marketing of deadly weapons used in mass shootings. Both gunmen responsible for the carnage in Buffalo and Uvalde, Tex., used AR-15-style rifles, purchased legally at the age of 18.
The companies being investigated, according to letters provided to The Washington Post, include Daniel Defense, the maker of the DDM4 rifle the gunman used to kill 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, and Bushmaster, the maker of the Bushmaster XM-15 semiautomatic rifle that the suspected Buffalo shooter said he illegally modified and then used to kill 10 people at a Tops Friendly Markets store.
In a letter to Marty Daniel, the CEO of Daniel Defense, Maloney cites online advertising posted by the company on May 16 of a toddler holding an AR-15-style rifle. The picture featured a caption quoting a biblical proverb to 'Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it, Maloney writes. Daniel Defense protected its tweets from public view shortly after the shooting.
Your companys own weapons of war have been repeatedly used to carry out horrific and deadly attacks, Maloney says in the letter. In addition to this weeks horrific shooting in Texas, four Daniel Defense AR-15-style rifles were found in the hotel room of the 2017 Las Vegas shooter. This shooter used more than a dozen assault weapons to massacre 60 people and wound more than 400 others. One of these Daniel Defense weapons was found with a bump stock and a 100-round magazine.
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) contacted five gunmakers on Thursday, requesting information regarding the manufacturing, sale, and marketing of deadly weapons used in mass shootings. Both gunmen responsible for the carnage in Buffalo and Uvalde, Tex., used AR-15-style rifles, purchased legally at the age of 18.
The companies being investigated, according to letters provided to The Washington Post, include Daniel Defense, the maker of the DDM4 rifle the gunman used to kill 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, and Bushmaster, the maker of the Bushmaster XM-15 semiautomatic rifle that the suspected Buffalo shooter said he illegally modified and then used to kill 10 people at a Tops Friendly Markets store.
In a letter to Marty Daniel, the CEO of Daniel Defense, Maloney cites online advertising posted by the company on May 16 of a toddler holding an AR-15-style rifle. The picture featured a caption quoting a biblical proverb to 'Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it, Maloney writes. Daniel Defense protected its tweets from public view shortly after the shooting.
Your companys own weapons of war have been repeatedly used to carry out horrific and deadly attacks, Maloney says in the letter. In addition to this weeks horrific shooting in Texas, four Daniel Defense AR-15-style rifles were found in the hotel room of the 2017 Las Vegas shooter. This shooter used more than a dozen assault weapons to massacre 60 people and wound more than 400 others. One of these Daniel Defense weapons was found with a bump stock and a 100-round magazine.
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House Oversight Committee initiates gun manufacturer investigation (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
May 2022
OP
Not just the manufacturer but the business that sold an 18 year 2 assault weapons in the
kimbutgar
May 2022
#7
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,884 posts)1. This post is from the manufacturer of the gun used in Uvalde
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,916 posts)2. K & R!
Novara
(5,817 posts)3. GOOD
dalton99a
(81,386 posts)4. What Daniel Defense deleted:
kimbutgar
(21,040 posts)8. That is child abuse and someday that gun might hurt that child.
ultralite001
(892 posts)5. Gun imports...
need to be added to the investigation...
That is all...
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,884 posts)6. This will be fun to watch
kimbutgar
(21,040 posts)7. Not just the manufacturer but the business that sold an 18 year 2 assault weapons in the
Last few weeks. Why anyone would need a gun like that and not questioned of their motives is insane. That company is so greedy and has no conscience.
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,884 posts)9. Daniels is one of the targets of this investigation