It pushed Congress to enact the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which gave gun manufacturers and dealers broad immunity in federal and state courts. It has warded off oversight by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which means no government agency has the authority to regulate guns for safety. It has created gun-trafficking legal loopholes. It has blocked universal fingerprint-based background checks. The CAP study documents many ways the gun industry has been a reprehensible corporate citizen. As violence skyrockets in Chicago, Trump’s ‘police state’ strategy isn’t the solution
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