Assault Weapons Makers Pulled In Over $1 Billion as Violence Surged, Report Says

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A House panel found that the companies have thrived in the past decade by selling and marketing military-grade weapons to civilians, specifically young men.

WASHINGTON — The leading manufacturers of assault rifles used to perpetrate the deadliest mass shootings in the United States have collected more than $1 billion in revenue over the past decade as gun violence across the country has surged, according to a House investigation set to be presented on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

The findings, released before a congressional hearing on Wednesday on the marketing of assault rifles, indicate that the gun industry has thrived by selling and marketing military-grade weapons to civilians, specifically targeting and playing to the insecurities of young men, while some have made thinly veiled references to white supremacist groups.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform opened an investigation into the gun manufacturing industry in May after the gun massacre in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers and a racially motivated mass shooting in a Buffalo supermarket that killed 10 people.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/us/politics/assault-weapons-revenue.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DKDmwdiPkORJCH_0bRZKF4INIoxD2GQMMEL7ImXPt01apFMlJgTRSl5JuYnZBPawMElbWOZEJklZTcQeJ_tjbwcmiyLOo4m7bl5UneaWX1XqCL1GkmLA5gvZszdQy1jCcIx6qWQuMl24J9zu5hUs4hPUoIZCSMvPfvDRt8KY_GOkmasl9qLrkfDTLDntec6KYCdhFSDz_FSXB95mU_6rBMKY9dffa_f1N7Jp2I0fhGAXdoLYypG5Q7W4PQ8r1surfJohSNo9GkUD2EdkozccPXRA39cVFaCQ&smid=url-share

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What kind of evil does that for money?

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1. Indeed. And the answer is...

republiQan$$$$$$$$$$

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2. And according to the article,

gun manufacturers were catering to white supremacist groups.

"As their business has expanded, the gun manufacturers have also made covert references to white supremacist groups like the Boogaloo Bois, according to the report."

They know what they're doing and they don't care what the consequences are. They are just out to make a buck and if some innocent people have to die, apparently they are just collateral damage. They are like war profiteers.