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In case you missed it, here's our original investigation into how America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of customers to political operatives: propub.li/40V37PI

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Senator Slams Gun Industry’s “Invasive and Dangerous” Sharing of Customer #Data With Political Operatives

In response to a ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanded answers from the gun industry about its “covert program” to collect information on gun owners for #political purposes.

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#Virginia is one of many states that prohibits #firearms and #guns in a #polling place. I’m no lawyer so I don’t really know how long it’s been in its current form. It seems like this law has been on the books a long time (since 1950 with various amendment over the years).

This is the first year we have made much of a fuss about it. We have 2 prominent signs and we got a tiny bit of training on how to handle the situation. (Pretty much tell people the law, try to calmly persuade them to go away and come back to vote without it, and escalate anything serious to 911, who have been prepped for this.)

I’ve been doing this 20 years and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a firearm in a polling place except an active duty police officer in uniform coming in to #vote.

#election2024 #electionday #uspol

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The gun industry launched a secret project in the late 1990s.

To elect gun-friendly politicians, manufacturers gave #political operatives sensitive, intimate information on their customers without their consent.

The story behind the #data sharing and its impact has never been revealed.

Until now.

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NEW: Gun-Makers Gave Sensitive Customer Information to #Political Operatives
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At least 10 #gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.

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