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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

Read More: Firearms and Explosives, 5.7mm, "Sporting Purposes" Test, FN Herstal, Barack Obama, Bureau of Alcohol, Fort Hood Rampage, National Rifle Association, Nidal Malik Hasan Fort Hood, Tobacco, Gun Industry, Gun Lobby, Mexico Drug Wars, Armor-Piercing Ammunition, FN Five-seveN, Fort Hood Shootings, Atf, ps90, Politics News
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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Gunmaker Gaston Glock: Shell Companies, Nazis, and Murder

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Business Week, Businessweek, Gun Manufacturers, Campaign Finance, Glock, Gaston Glock, Gunmakers, Election Law, Gun Industry, Gun Lobby, Nazi, Richard Feldman, Austrian Politics, Jorg Haider, Business News
Josh Sugarmann

Handgun manufacturer Glock finds itself and its one-time employees mired in a web of alleged criminal activity that includes money skimming, illegal campaign contributions, and even murder.

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Gunmakers Now Last Unregulated Industry

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Regulation, National Rifle Association, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Mexico, 50 Caliber Sniper Rifle, Gun Industry, Tobacco Bill, Health and Safety Regulation, Ruger Blackhawk, Obama, Gangs, Nra, Sturm Ruger, Tobacco Regulation, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Guns are now the only consumer product manufactured in America not regulated by a federal agency for health and safety.

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DC Ban on Semiauto Handguns Stands

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Revolver, Supreme Court Second Amendent, Supreme Court Justices, 2nd Amendment, Semiauto, District of Columbia, Pistol, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Washington DC, Nra, Dc, Gun Violence, Second Amendment, Violence Policy Center, Handgun Ban, Gun Industry, Gun Lobby, Supreme Court Gun, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

In its ruling, the Court brushed away our nation's history of mass shootings, assassinations, and unparalleled gun violence and accepted an abstract academic argument with dangerous real-world results.

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