The Committee on Oversight and Reform of the US House of Representatives. called to declare on July 20 the three largest arms manufacturers in the countryfollowing the shooting that left seven dead at the 4th of July parade in Highland Park.
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The chair of the committee, Democrat Carolyn Maloney, requested by letter the appearance of the CEOs of Daniel Defense, Marty Daniel; from Smith & Wesson Brands, Mark Smith; and from Sturm, Ruger & Company, Christopher Killoy.
Company representatives have until Friday to RSVP.
“The products of his companies have been used for decades to commit murders and massacres, but his companies have continued to sell civilians assault rifles.Maloney criticized this Thursday in a statement.
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The Oversight and Reform Committee opened an investigation on the sale of assault rifles to civilians by the country’s arms manufacturers on May 26.
With the appearance of the general directors of said companies, the committee intends to collect information on the benefits they have had these companies with the sale of semi-automatic rifles such as the AR-15.
The committee requested the appearance of the manufacturers after last Monday, during Independence Day, a man fired a rifle at the parade in Highland Park (north of Chicago), killing 7 of them and injuring others. 39.
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The products of their companies have been used for decades to commit murders and massacres
Investigators have confirmed that the suspect purchased the gun in the shooting, a high-caliber rifle, legally, and that he also had other firearms, which he also legally acquired.
The debate on the possession of weapons has been reopened in recent weeks in the country after the May 24 shooting at a school in Uvalde (Texas), which killed 19 children and two teachers, and the white supremacist attack on May 14 in Buffalo (New York), which killed ten people.
*With information from EFE
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