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Gun company CEOs tell Congress they’re not to blame for mass shootings
Industry sales and profits have skyrocketed as number of mass shootings has spiked WASHINGTON — The CEOs of major gun manufacturing companies told a U.S. House panel on Wednesday that their production of AR-15-style guns did not contribute to recent mass shootings that left 29 people dead, and that the killings were due to the actions of individual shooters.
Monday numbers: A closer look at AR-15-style semi-automatic assault weapons and the grim details of what they do to human beings
The recent horrific mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York have caused Americans to intensify their longstanding national debate over so-called “assault weapons.” In 1994, the federal government enacted a ban on the purchase of these weapons – what the U.S. Justice Department described at the time as...