In recent years, the gun industry has aggressively marketed AR-15 and AK-47 assault pistols that use common rifle ammunition. These pistols have emerged as a new and growing trend.
Designed for increased lethality, the unique military-bred design features of semiautomatic assault weapons allow the shooter to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time.
Learn more about the companies that manufacture these military-bred anti-personnel firearms.
Stabilizing braces are devices that allow a shooter to convert an assault pistol (for example, AK and AR assault pistols) to a short-barreled assault rifle without complying with the strict standards of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA).
Thousands of Americans possess a federal license to manufacture firearms, yet few actually produce any guns. Instead, the license can be used to avoid restrictions on the sale and transfer of firearms that private citizens must abide by under federal law, such as waiting periods, background checks, licensing, or registration requirements.
Developments in the manufacture of homemade, unserialized firearms and lack of enforcement of existing laws threaten to undermine the integrity of the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), the foundation of federal firearms regulation.
Bump-fire devices are just one type of a variety of attachments sold in the United States to increase the rate of fire of semiautomatic firearms to mimic the firepower of fully automatic machine guns.
Stabilizing braces are devices that allow a shooter to convert an assault pistol (for example, AK and AR assault pistols) to a short-barreled assault rifle without complying with the strict standards of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA).
In response to stagnation in the traditional white male market, the gun industry and National Rifle Association are now targeting Black and Latino Americans as potential new gun buyers for both financial and political gain.
Moving quickly to exploit the increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic as a marketing opportunity, the gun industry is now targeting the AAPI community as potential new gun buyers and future pro-gun advocates.
Members of the firearms industry have donated tens of millions of dollars to the National Rifle Association in support of gunmakers’ marketing and political goals.
The gun industry has long understood that it faces a slow-motion demographic collapse. As its primary market of white males ages and dies off, the firearms industry has set its sights on America’s children.
Bump-fire devices are just one type of a variety of attachments sold in the United States to increase the rate of fire of semiautomatic firearms to mimic the firepower of fully automatic machine guns.
The gun industry has gone to war. A gun market that once catered to hunters and target shooters has been supplanted by one dominated by pistols, rifles, and shotguns that were either originally designed for military use or utilize battle-born design features that increase their lethality.
When attached to the barrel of a firearm, silencers reduce the amount of noise generated when the weapon is fired. In recent years, the gun industry has aggressively marketed silencers as a new potential profit center.
In recent years, the gun industry has aggressively marketed AR-15 and AK-47 assault pistols that use common rifle ammunition. These pistols have emerged as a new and growing trend.
Gunmakers regularly produce defective firearms, yet because of the industry’s unique lack of health and safety regulation, there is no federal agency that can require a gun manufacturer to recall defective guns or ammunition or warn consumers of any possible safety hazard.
In theory, a “smart” or “personalized” gun prevents anyone but an “authorized user” from firing it. Yet, strong concerns regarding the feasibility of “smart” guns and their potential real-world impact on gun death remain unanswered.
Guns are the only consumer products manufactured in the United States that are not subject to federal health and safety regulation. All other products that Americans use or come into contact with are regulated by a federal health and safety agency. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regulates household and recreational products such as toasters, […]
Firearms are one of America’s most common consumer products. Yet, surprisingly little is known about the manufacturers of handguns, rifles, and shotguns in our nation. This page offers a collection of documents detailing the production of firearms in the United States.
This ongoing project details how military-style semiautomatic firearms available on the U.S. civilian gun market comprise a significant portion of the weapons illegally trafficked to Mexico and other Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Gun trafficking occurs when individuals purchase or obtain firearms in the United States and illegally trade or transfer those firearms, often across borders or jurisdictions. Gun trafficking is often associated with organized crime, violence, and the circumvention of legal controls designed to prevent the illicit proliferation of firearms.
Military-style weapons smuggled from the U.S. civilian market to Mexico help feed Cartel violence while threatening Mexican authorities and the civilian population.
