Reports & News

FEATURED / REPORT / OCTOBER 23, 2025

Turning Our Streets Into War Zones

How gun makers use military contracts to market AR-15s and other weapons of war to civilians — and endanger public safety.

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FEATURED / REPORT / JUNE 11, 2025

The gun industry wants to make silencers easier to own — despite their use in many high-profile crimes and mass shootings.

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NewsMay 4, 2026

The senators criticized Mountain Billy Gun Lab’s marketing tactics and are demanding answers from the company’s owner.

NewsApril 17, 2026

A new commercial from Heckler & Koch stokes the fear of gun violence in public to sell more guns for concealed carry.

NewsApril 15, 2026

The gun industry marked the religious holiday by marketing assault weapons and silencers on social media.

NewsApril 7, 2026

The latest Smoking Gun video explains how Trump Jr. and GrabAGun stand to profit from the Trump administration’s policies.

NewsMarch 18, 2026

The company donated over $550,000 to Florida lawmakers’ and leaders’ PACs as it pushed for legislation to block P320 lawsuits.

NewsMarch 4, 2026

KelTec’s latest commercial blurs the lines between good guys and bad to market military-style weapons to civilians.

NewsFebruary 20, 2026

The gun industry flooded social media with images of AR-15s and silencers as symbols of love on Valentine’s Day.

NewsFebruary 17, 2026

The Smoking Gun presents a primer on assault weapons, the guns used in the country’s deadliest mass shootings.

NewsFebruary 11, 2026

RentAGun customers can rent firearms that might otherwise be too expensive to own — like AR-15s and .50-caliber sniper rifles.

NewsFebruary 4, 2026

The 2026 SHOT Show was marked by an “unprecedented” number of new silencers and easily concealed rifles and shotguns.