Without Knowledge or Consent
Inside the Secret Gun Industry Project to Change America
For decades, gun manufacturers gathered sensitive, intimate information from their customers and secretly shared it with political operatives to help elect firearm-friendly politicians.
Gun Owners Group Calls for Federal Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data
Citing a ProPublica investigation, Gun Owners for Safety called the secret program that spanned nearly two decades “underhanded.” “Gun owners’ privacy is not a partisan or ideological issue,” a member of the group wrote.
Senator Slams Gun Industry’s “Invasive and Dangerous” Sharing of Customer Data With Political Operatives
In response to a ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanded answers from the gun industry about its “covert program” to collect information on gun owners for political purposes.
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