The production of firearms in the U.S. has ramped up exponentially in recent decades, according to a new study by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Payton Gendron, 18, is charged with an initial count of first-degree murder after allegedly opening fire on shoppers at Tops Supermarket, killing 10 people.The production of firearms in the U.S. has ramped up exponentially in recent decades with domestic manufacturing more than doubling and imports more than quadrupling, according to a new study by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The nation's patchwork of gun laws has been largely relaxed by Supreme Court decisions as well as state and federal legislation over the time period studied. Two Supreme Court cases that struck down local gun control ordinances in Chicago and Washington, D.C, paved the way for fewer restrictions on individual firearm purchases.
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