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Assault Weapons Ban Could Hurt Military, Police

Experts say lack of civilian market would stifle innovation, make soldiers and police less safe

March 1, 2013 RSS Feed Print
A SWAT team member walks away from the entrance of Sandy Hook Elementary School, the scene of a shooting in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire leaving 26 people dead on Dec. 14, 2012.

A SWAT team member walks away from the entrance of Sandy Hook Elementary School, the scene of a shooting in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire leaving 26 people dead on Dec. 14, 2012.

In the end, most weapon manufacturers—especially those who build rifles—say they'll keep up gun making until it becomes illegal either through federal law, or local ones. And some argue they will move out of states that ban the kinds of weapons the companies build.

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"I'm going to keep designing and keep developing," Leitner-Wise says. "People say my view is biased, because it's my bread and butter, but it's not that. It's what I am passionate about. I will keep designing and manufacturing."

"There is nothing like adversity to breed creativity."

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