# @propublica on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DDNk_mUynFq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34003808-propublica-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-12-05T21:45:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** ProPublica (@propublica) — https://gondola.cc/propublica

## Caption

At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over customers’ names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.

The gun industry launched this project ahead of the 2000 election. Within three years, the database — filled with warranty card information and supplemented with names from voter rolls and hunting licenses — contained at least 5.5 million people.

Privacy laws shield the names of firearm purchasers from public view, but the data collected by gun-makers gave industry lobbyists a unique ability to identify and contact large numbers of gun owners and shooting sports enthusiasts.

To read our investigation, go to the link in bio.

📰: Corey G. Johnson
🎨: Joan Wong for ProPublica
🎥: josesepulvedatv 

#2a #2ndamendment #secondamendment #righttobeararms  #dataprivacy #gunlaws #cambridgeanalytica

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dataprivacy, secondamendment, righttobeararms, cambridgeanalytica, gunlaws, 2a, 2ndamendment

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