Executives from major gun manufacturers are set to testify on Wednesday before a U.S. House of Representatives panel investigating recent mass shootings.
WASHINGTON -Top executives at U.S. gunmakers testified on Wednesday that criminals, not their products, were responsible for mass shootings, as they faced questions from a U.S. House committee investigating recent massacres in Texas and New York.
"The gun industry has flooded our neighborhoods, our schools, even our churches and schools, and gotten rich doing it," Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney said in her opening statement on Wednesday. "Our nation's response needs to focus not on the type of gun but on the type of person likely to commit mass shootings," he said in his opening statement.Christopher Killoy, president and CEO of Sturm, Ruger, echoed Daniel.
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