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The Business of Guns
The finding from Rutgers University researchers comes as the Biden administration pursues a harder line against noncompliant gun dealers.
The Industry
The Trace's reporting has shown that JA Industries is largely a clone of Jimenez Arms, which declared bankruptcy in what experts said was an effort to avoid accountability for unscrupulous business practices.
Gun Trafficking
American firearms power a brutal conflict that has claimed more than 100,000 lives.
Law Enforcement
At least 245 people have been fatally shot by authorities while in possession of replica firearms in the last six years, according to a Washington Post database.
Ricochet
The former executive started to question some of the political positions he’d accepted all his life — and to feel complicit in the country's tragedies.
ATF
If adopted, the rule would require brace owners to apply to the NFA Division, which has long been understaffed and routinely misses its own performance benchmarks.
A long-winding legal case brought by the city of Gary, Indiana, faces a crucial test in September, when a judge will rule whether a handful of major gun manufacturers have to hand over years of internal documents.
Off Target
Some of the strictest federal penalties land on home-based sellers who fail to invest in sales tracking and security.
In a sweeping investigation, The Trace and USA TODAY found the federal agency charged with policing the gun industry let dealers get away with falsifying records and selling firearms without background checks.
Google, Facebook, and Etsy all facilitated sales of the accessories, which are the target of an executive action announced by Biden today.
The Boulder gunman had recently purchased an AR-556 with a stabilizing brace, an accessory that allows a category of firearms to evade strict federal regulations.
Extremism
Documents show that Palmetto State Armory has paid the firm Nelson Mullins to push the levers of power in D.C. — contradicting the hard-edged brand the company promotes to gun buyers.
Breaking down the technology, the legality, and the ideology of a growing movement.
Ghost Guns
After major social media platforms cracked down, makers of largely unregulated firearms flocked to Keybase. Now they must find a new home.
After Jimenez Arms went into bankruptcy, the company’s owner tried to revive his gunmaking business under a different name. Now, plaintiffs are trying to compel the ATF to close it down for good.
