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In this Nov. 15, 2019, file photo a microphone stands at the entrance to a secure area during a closed-door interview with David Holmes, a career diplomat and the political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Labor Department will begin restricting news organizations' use of economic data by barring computers from the rooms where reporters receive such data before its public release, department officials announced Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020.
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In this Sept. 18, 2019, file photo people stand in line to inquire about jobs available at the Bean Automotive Group during a job fair in Miami. On Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, the U.S. government issues the December jobs report.
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This image taken from a video on Wednesday Jan. 8, 2020 and provided by Nariman Gharib shows an object said to be the Ukrainian jetliner flying in sky at the moment of explosion with a flash of light. Western leaders have said the plane appeared to have been unintentionally hit by a surface-to-air missile near Tehran, just hours after Iran launched a series of ballistic missiles at two US bases in Iraq to avenge the killing of its top general in an American airstrike last week. Iran on Friday Jan. 10, 2020, denied the allegations.
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, file photo, people walk through the hall outside of the SHOT Show gun show in Las Vegas.
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Gun Industry Gathers
Sagging gun sales have afflicted almost every corner of the industry, most notably iconic gun manufacturers such as Ruger, Remington and Colt.
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The gunman accused of killing 22 people in El Paso told police that the AK-style rifle he used came from Romania, and his ammunition was from Russia.
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In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, a device called a 'bump stock' is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah. In the days and weeks leading up to the ban on bump stocks that took effect Tuesday, March 26, 2019, tens of thousands of the devices were destroyed by owners or handed over to authorities.
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Bump Stocks Turned In, Destroyed
Anyone in possession of a bump stock from now on can be charged with a federal offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
March 28, 2019
In this Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. When gunmakers and dealers gather this week in Las Vegas for the industry's largest annual conference, they will be grappling with slumping sales and a shift in politics that many didn't envision two years ago when gun-friendly Donald Trump and a GOP-controlled Congress took office.
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Gun Industry Hits Sales Slump
Some of the top priorities for the industry remain in limbo.
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This Oct. 4, 2017 file photo shows a device called a 'bump stock' attached to a semi-automatic rifle at a gun store and shooting range in Utah. What's happened to bump stocks in the year since Las Vegas? There were growing calls to ban the devices in the immediate aftermath of the mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip. Some succeeded, but others did not.
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What's Happened with Bump Stocks?
America's largest bump stock manufacturer stopped taking orders.
September 27, 2018
Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Ct., display a photo of a plastic gun on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to reverse an administration decision to allow a Texas company to make blueprints for a 3D-printed gun available online.
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3D-Printed Gun Dispute Raises Many Legal Issues
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In this April 25, 2018, photo, literature is on display on the factory floor of Honor Defense, a gunmaker in Gainesville, Ga. In the wake of high-profile mass shootings, corporate America has been taking a stand against the firearms industry amid a lack of action by lawmakers on gun control. The moves are lauded by gun-safety advocates but criticized by the gun industry that views them as a backhanded way of undermining the Second Amendment. Gun industry leaders see the backlash as a real threat to their industry and are coming to the conclusion that they need additional protections in Congress to prevent financial retaliation from banks.
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Is Corporate America Shunning Gun Makers?
The financial industry is pushing back against the firearms business.
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In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, shooting instructor Frankie McRae demonstrates the grip on an AR-15 rifle fitted with a 'bump stock' at his 37 PSR Gun Club in Bunnlevel, N.C. The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed the lawsuit on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, against the makers and sellers of “bump stocks,” which use the recoil of a semiautomatic rifle to let the finger 'bump' the trigger, allowing the weapon to fire continuously. The devices were used by Stephen Paddock when he opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas, killing dozens of people.
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Bump Stock Makers Sued
The lawsuit claims that the leading manufacturer of the devices misled federal authorities about their intended purpose.
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An AR-15 style rifle manufactured by Battle Rifle Co. is display in Webster, Texas. Battle Rifle is one of now more than 10,000 gunmakers in the U.S.
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Booming Gun Industry Now Recalibrating
Fears over government limits on guns led to a 362 percent jump in the number of U.S. companies licensed to make firearms.
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In this photo taken Jan. 27, 2017, Knox Williams, president and executive director of the Georgia-based American Suppressor Association, attaches a silencer to a long gun at a range in Atlanta.
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Gun Industry Wants Less Restriction
New push argues that it will help preserve the hearing of gun users.
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In this photo taken April 7, 2016, Jonathan Mossberg, whose iGun Technology Corp. is working to develop a 'smart gun,' poses with the firearm, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Mossberg is among a group of pioneers looking to build a safer gun. But unlike many others, he was in the gun business when he started down that path. Mossberg has been working to develop and someday bring to market a firearm that can't be fired by the wrong person, but works without fail in the hands of its owner in a life-or-death situation.
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'Gun People' Seek Safer Firearms
The technology relies on a simple piece of jewelry that talks to a circuit board embedded in a firearm to let it know the user is authorized.
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