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The CEO of Georgia's Daniel Defense told a U.S. House panel its production of AR-15-style guns did not contribute to recent mass shootings.

By Moira Warburton and Rose Horowitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Executives from major gun manufacturers are set to testify on Wednesday before a U.S. Hou...

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.

The CEOs of major gun manufacturing companies told a U.S. House panel on Wednesday that their production of AR-15-style guns did not contribute to recent mass shootings that left 29 people dead, and that the killings were due to the actions of individual shooters.

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - Top executives at United States gunmakers testified on Wednesday (July 27) that criminals, not their products, were responsible for mass shootings, as they faced questions from a US House committee investigating recent massacres in Texas and New York. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Gun makers defended their product on Wednesday during a tense House hearing on mass shootings, saying murders are responsible for the deaths.

CEOs face aggressive questioning from lawmakers about their companies’ responsibility for recent attacks

Gun industry executives told Congress that murderers are to blame for mass shootings, not firearms.

Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley claimed Wednesday that gun manufacturers are "inciting violence" against black people.