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Armor-Piercing 5.7mm Pistol Used at Fort Hood Originally Designed for Military Only

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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Josh Sugarmann

How a pistol originally designed as a military-only handgun came to be sold on the U.S. civilian market is a stark example of the increasing militarization of the U.S. civilian gun market.

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Where Have All The Lost Guns Gone?

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Gas Prices, Tacoma, Sanford Abrams, Firearms and Explosives, 60 Thousand Gun Shops in America, Valley Gun Shop, Terrorism, Washington, Maryland, Unregistered Guns, Gun Control, Missing Guns, Bull's Eye Shooter Supply, John Muhammad, ATF Inspections, 30 Thousand Missing Guns in America Every Year, DC Snipers, Guns, Nra, Gun Shop Owners, Bureau of Alcohol, Lost Guns, National Rifle Association, Tobacco, Right to Bear Arms, NRA Spokesman Andrew Arulanandam, 30 Thousand Missing Guns, 82 Missing Guns Every Day, Parkville, Home News
Diane Dimond

Earlier this month the ATF quietly revealed that the owners admitted a substantial part of their inventory was either "missing, lost or stolen." After adding it all up the ATF concluded that, collectively, those registered gun dealers "lost" 82 firearms every single day!

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