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Daniel Defense, the US gunmaker notorious for ‘aggressive marketing’ targeting young adults

This illustration photo shows the Twitter page of Daniel Defense displayed on a mobile phone in Arlington, Virginia, US on May 25, 2022. © Olivier Douliery, AFP

The perpetrator of the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two adults lost their lives on May 24 – the worst US school shooting in a decade – used a semi-automatic weapon manufactured by the US firm Daniel Defense, one of the most aggressive marketers of assault weapons, notably targeting young adults.

A week after the Uvalde school shooting, Daniel Defense shied away from attending the National Rifle Association convention.

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