Gun company CEOs tell Congress they're not to blame for mass shootings - Maryland Matters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The only one who did not appear before the committee was Mark P. Smith, the president and CEO of Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.Republicans on the committee pushed back against Democrats and argued that the Second Amendment allowed for Americans to have these firearms and that gun manufacturers are not to blame for gun violence.
54% : "Those tragedies do not change the Second Amendment to the United States."
51% : The report from the committee also found that the firearm industry has been marketing indirectly and directly to white supremacist groups, "playing on fears of government repression against gun owners and fomenting racial tensions.""The increase in racially motivated violence has also led to rising rates of gun ownership among Black Americans, allowing the industry to profit from both white supremacists and their targets," according to the report.

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