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An image of the advertising used for an AR-15-style rifle is displayed while attorney Josh Koskoff speaks during a news conference in Trumbull, Conn., Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012, their attorney said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Affordable, adaptable, easy to use; firearms enthusiasts defend the reviled AR-15

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this March 25, 2020, file photo semi-automatic handguns are displayed at shop in New Castle, Pa. Firearm purchases by a record number of Black Americans have accelerated a surge in gun sales since the pandemic, according to an analysis of government records. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Record number of Blacks buy firearms, boost overall gun sales during COVID-19 pandemic

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Newtown group holds vigil for Las Vegas shooting victims

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This Oct. 3, 2013, file photo shows a custom-made semi-automatic hunting rifle with a high-capacity detachable magazine is displayed at a gun store in Rockin, Calif. California voters are considering expanding some of the nation's toughest gun control measures nearly a year after the terrorist shootings in San Bernardino. Proposition 63 on the November ballot would outlaw possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines, require permits to buy ammunition and extend California's unique program that allows authorities to seize firearms from owners who bought guns legally but are no longer allowed to own them. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Gun purchase background checks up ahead of election

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

A worker assembles a handgun at the new Beretta plant in Gallatin, Tennessee, on April 15, 2016. The Italian gun maker has cited Tennessee's support for gun rights in moving its production from its plant in Maryland. (Associated Press)

Obama-era gun surge recedes as manufacturers flee post-Newtown restrictions

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A pro-hunting group is up in arms after obtaining emails that it says indicate that a federal official withheld critical data on lead blood levels in the California condor until after gun control advocates in the California state legislature used the iconic bird's plight to help push through a law last year to ban lead ammunition. (Associated Press)

Lead ammunition ban passed after feds withheld key data, hunters group says

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2014 file photo, comedian Jay Leno performs during the 2014 Carousel of Hope Ball at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Leno canceled a scheduled appearance at a large firearms trade show on the Las Vegas Strip, after learning that a group representing victims of gun violence was gathering petition signatures urging him not to attend. A publicist for the former NBC Tonight Show host and the chairwoman of a gun control advocacy formed after a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school shooting, said Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, that Leno didn’t understand the show is hosted by a lobbying group for gun owners and manufacturers. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Jay Leno cancels gig at Vegas firearms trade show

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Reward offered in Ill. stolen assault rifle case

Associated Press

Gun industry pushes to tighten background checks

By BEN NEARY - Associated Press

Trade show attendees examine various hand guns in the Smith & Wesson display booth at the Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Tradeshow, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

MILLER: Smith & Wesson to stop selling guns in California due to microstamping law

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Newtown group protests gun industry foundation

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President Obama pauses during his address during a visit to the University of Hartford, in Hartford, Conn., on April 8, 2013. Obama visited the school to highlight gun control legislation and to meet with the families of victims from the Sandy Hook elementary school shootings. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Obama backfires, gun sales in 2013 smash all records

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Expanded background checks on gun purchases, immigration reform and other key goals for the president over the next three years threaten to be crowded out and ultimately relegated to the political graveyard if President Obama is unable to make a deal with Republicans on the government shutdown and debt ceiling. (associated press)

MILLER: Black Friday gun sales sixth-highest in history but lower than 2012

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

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MILLER: Obama’s EPA closing smelter will not affect ammunition supply

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Ray Heslep of Glen Burnie, Md., checks out an assortment of firearms at the Annapolis Gun Show in April. About 7 percent of first-time buyers bought firearms at gun shows, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s survey. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Gun control survey finds most first-time buyers are subject to background checks

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** People look at firearm displays at the Sports Connection Gun Show at the Modern Living Building at State Fair Park in Yakima, Wash., on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Yakima Herald-Republic, TJ Mullinax)

Background checks for gun transactions shoot up; all 50 states report increases

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Firearms instructors Logan Martin (left) and Andres Gonzalez of Calgary, Alberta, look through the sights of Sig Sauer Swat Patrol AR rifles during the 35th annual SHOT Show on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Gun group chief says industry isn’t to blame for Newtown tragedy

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

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MILLER: Lead bullets under fire

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

**FILE** A popular semiautomatic pistol manufactured by Springfield Armory at G. A. T. Guns in Dundee, Illinois

Gun industry’s economic impact skyrockets during Obama years

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Curtis Irwin holds a .50 caliber rifle to show at a gun shop in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday. The Cheaper Than Dirt gun store recorded a record day of gun sales the day after the election of President-elect Barack Obama and is since having trouble keeping up with the demand for assault rifles. (Associated Press)

Obama is named gun ‘salesman of the year’

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times