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Glock's Secret Path to Profits
The Austrian handgun, Glock, has become the largest handgun supplier to US law enforcement. This investigation revealed the hidden history behind the success and the troubling business dealings within the company. This story also reveals the difficulty US regulators have overseeing international businesses.
Tags: Handguns; Business; Law Enforcement; Pistols; Supplier; Gaston Glock; Police; Firearms; Guns; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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Education in Crossfire
It was found that 160 gun crimes had been committed on Memphis public school campuses over the last five years.
Tags: gun control; juvenile; weapons; Melrose High; caliber; handgun;
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Access to Steal
KIRO-TV investigated the security flaws in airports "that allow baggage handlers to enter luggage storage areas, steal items, then remove the goods from the property." The investigative teams also "tracked dozens of missing handguns, stolen by criminals, who had direct access to loaded passenger jets."
Tags: airports; security; theft; baggage; hidden camera; luggage; handguns; property
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The Damage Done
This series follows the illegal purchase of 250 hand guns, their transport across state lines, and their sale on the streets of Buffalo to "doped-up teenagers, petty thieves and hard-core drug dealers." One gun runner accomplished this feat. The series also tellswhere and how the weapons are manufactured, how they are sold and some of the double-standards of the industry. The writers also tell the stories of some of the victims of shootings using the 250 handguns.
Tags: gun control; NRA; gun shows; dealers; federal gun control act
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Firing Back
60 Minutes examined the contention that the gun industry's marketing and sales practices allow guns to fall into the hands of criminals. In an exclusive interview, they spoke with a former senior firearms industry executive and lawyer who spent much of his career defending gun manufacturers against critics who blame the industry for the violence caused by guns. Now, the man who was once a top lawyer for the National Rifle Association and then the chief spokesman representing the major gun manufacturers is firing back at the gun industry, calling it a "dirty little secret."
Tags: TAPE; National Rifle Association; NRA; guns; criminals; gun industry; firearms; gun manufacturer; distribution; retailer; whistleblower; handgun; revolver; Bureau of Alcohol; Tobacco; and Firearms
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The Internet Filter Farce
Nunberg likens internet blocking software to airport security metal detector that miss 40 percent of concealed handguns and beeps at a third of the metal hangers in passengers' suitcases. In this article Nunberg writes how blocking software employed in homes, schools, libraries, and the workplace aren't able to work as promised. He even points out that in many cases blocking software screens out non-offensive or objectionable material such as websites on HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, the gay and lesbian community, and online sex offender registries. Nunberg writes that some of the problems with blocking software is that the software companies themselves filter sites with negative information about their service and that they aren't required to post a list of filtered words and sites, letting people know just how inadequate the software is.
Tags: Internet; blocking software; filters
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Pistol Papers
WNEP-TV investigates how the Pennsylvania State Police allegedly violates the law by "compiling lists of handgun owners and the make, model and serial number of the firearm." The report sheds light on a regulation that "makes it clear that no state agency may compile "any" lists of gun owners." The story cites state police officials explaining the existence of the list as "simply a record of sales database" and "a crime solver for police."The investigation finds that "any local police officer, even the FBI can get the information" that the state police computer system holds.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; Pennsylvania Uniform Firearm Act; guns; gun owners; law enforcement
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David Kairys Takes Aim
Civil rights attorney David Kairys came up with a novel way to sue gun manufacturers. In a Temple Law Review article, Kairys advocated treating guns as like a public nuisance, much like a "noisy bar" or "crack houses." Kairys is particularly interested in suing the makers of handguns, such as Beretta, Bryco, Colt, Glock and Smith & Wesson. He's had a hard time beating the gun lobby in Pennsylvania, which has the second-largest NRA membership in the nation, and more Pennsylvanians "have permits to carry concealed weapons than in any other state..." According to the ATF, slightly more than 1 percent of the dealers fed more than half the criminal market."
Tags: guns; handguns; legal; lawsuit; NRA; civic lawsuit; nuisance; establishment
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"Felons Being Granted State Hunting Licenses"
A Pioneer Press investigation found that "hundreds of convicted criminals forbidden by state and federal laws from carrying handguns, rifles or shotguns are being granted licenses to hunt game using firearms in Minnesota."
Tags: permit; violent crime; DNR; Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; database
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Gun Dealers with Badges
KCAL 9 reports "the secret practice of state agencies of California selling assault weapons and other firearms. In part one... the California Department of Corrections was held accountable for the first time ever for selling firearms that ended up on the streets. These included assault weapons, some of which have been banned in the state for over 10 years, along with thousands of other weapons. In part two,the California Highway Patrol's practice of selling over 4000 high-quality handguns and other weapons was also exposed..."