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Be in maryland touring the headquarters of gun manufacturers baretta, which sits 25 miles south of the washington navy yard, the site of mondays massacre. perry is on a poaching mission, trying to lure gun makers away from states that are putting in place stronger gun safety laws like maryland. the governor also visited connecticut gun maker six months after the newtown massacre and has launched efforts in california, illinois, missouri, and new york. perrys trip to baretta was announced before ...

Barbaric. >> reporter: the attorney representing the father of the child did not return our calls. ashley? >> all right. david mattingly reporting for us. thank you. george zimmerman is back in the headlines tonight because he turned up at a gunman fracturer in florida yesterday. this comes a month after he was acquitted of murdering trayvon martin. the gossip website tmz got this picture of zimmerman. in it he was posing with someone he says was an employee of the gun maker and while zimmerma...

Tantalizing look at some of the gun manufacturer executives, some of what they had to say in depositions. when asked about gun trafficking, for example, a top executive at one gun maker said under oath i dont even know what a gun trafficker is. the gun executives claimed not to know if their companys guns had ever been used in a crime. one flash of honesty came in under oath testimony from the one executive thats not american, hugo barretta, whose name has been on firearms for 487 years testifie...

Million more than the previous year. last december, well, that set a record for the most background checks in any month, 2.7 million. and according to the latest fox news poll, 85% of americans approve of background checks on all gun buyers. martha? martha: while the debate continues at the federal level, several states have already passed their own restrictions including connecticut. one gun maker has decided to leave the state because of it. ptr industries explaining in this statement, quote: ...

State john kerry talking with russias foreign minister this morning. were told they discussed the ongoing crisis and north koreas latest nuclear test and the two leaders will try to meet again in the coming weeks. a cold day in washington d.c., but showing up for a reaction on climate change. environmentalists gathering at the nations mall. the national mall. they want president obama to reject a proposed keystone pipeline that will carry oil from canada to the gulf of mexico. and supporters say...

Obama, despite a bear market, the firearms industry has seen stock prices jump by the hundreds. for one gun maker in particular, smith and wes son, its went up. black friday 154,873 background checks made for potential gun owners. december was a record breaking month with 2.2 million background checks for those wanting firearms. thats a staggering 58.6% increase over the year before. this is not a new phenomena. gun sales spiked higher in the wake of the aurora, colorado movie shooting massacre....

Affinity group, but rather the public face of the firearm industry. an industry that stands to lose much more than membership dues if guns become a bit harder to distribute. the gun lobby isnt shooting with blanks. in 2011 alone, firearms industry was a $32 billion industry with gun ownership at a 20 year high. gun and ammunition sales raked in $4 billion last year. gun makers are trying to keep it that way. since 2005, corporate donors to the nra, the vast majority gun manufacturers not owners ...

Like those used in newtown. its not just the white house. its not just congress. today theres major news out of michigan where the republican governor rick snyder has vetoed legislation that would allow concealed weapons in churches and schools and day care centers. new polls show support for stricter gun control is at a ten-year high. the company that owns the gun maker that produced the rifle used in last weeks massacre plans to sell it. calling the shooting a quote, water shed event. and dick...