In the past 10 years, beautiful gun manufacturers have sold $ 1 billion in AR-15 guns

Jimu Journalist Wang Liangliang Hu Xiuwen

According to the Associated Press, on July 27, the United States announced an investigation of the House of Representatives. The main gun manufacturers have earned more than $ 1 billion through the sales of AR-15 guns in the past ten years. Two of them in the past three years The weapon income is doubled.

AR-15 rifle displayed in California on June 23 (source: Source: Associated Press)

According to reports, these weapons were used to shock the large -scale shooting incident in the United States, including the shooting incident of 10 people in a grocery store in Buffalo, and another shooting incident in Uvald, Texas, which led to 19 Famous children were shot.

The gun industry often sells guns to young people to prove the masculinity of young people.

The Democratic Representative of New York, Karoline Maloni, said that these sales strategies are "disturbing", "in short, the gun industry is profitable from the blood of innocent Americans."

The committee hosted by Caroline Maloni focused on the investigation focusing on five major gun manufacturers and found that the total revenue of the AR-15 guns that imitated the military appearance in the past 10 years exceeded $ 1 billion Essence

AR-15 is a lightweight assault rifle, the predecessor of M16. Due to the advanced and good ballistic performance of AR-15 design, it has been favored by the U.S. military, and its derivatives have been developed into a military-type M16 assault rifle and for the first time in the Vietnam War.

The committee also found that in the past three years, the surveyed gun manufacturers have doubled their weapon income. The firearms used in Uvard shootings were made by Daniel Defense Company, which increased from $ 40 million in 2019 to more than $ 120 million in 2019. The company sells the weapons used in the shooting of the shooting.

The committee said that gun manufacturers will not collect or analyze security data related to guns.

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