House panel launches investigation into gun manufacturers
by Elizabeth Crisp - 05/27/22 12:25 PM ET
The Democratic chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee has launched an investigation into gun manufacturers, after two mass shootings left 31 people dead in less than two weeks.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) announced Friday that she has contacted five of the top gunmakers and is seeking information about the manufacturing, sale and marketing of weapons that have been used in mass shootings.
“Our country faces an epidemic of gun violence, which is now the leading cause of death for children in the United States,” Maloney wrote in the letters that went out to the CEOs of Bushmaster Firearms Industries, Daniel Defense, Sig Sauer, Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Company.
“I am deeply concerned that gun manufacturers continue to profit from the sale of weapons of war,” she said.
The Hill has reached out to all five of the companies.
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