Front and Center: The economics of guns

Front and Center: The economics of guns
Front and Center: The economics of guns

Front and Center: The economics of guns

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The Afternoon Shift continues its weeklong examination of gun laws with a look at the role that gun manufacturers play in shaping policy. WBEZ statehouse reporter Tony Arnold sheds light on the OTHER gun lobby: the manufacturers. Bill Spain, a former reporter for CBS Market Watch, talks about Illinois’ gun economy. Cook County Commissioner Jesus Garcia, a former Illinois state senator, and Todd Vandermyde, the National Rifle Association’s legislative liaison to Springfield, discuss the relationship between Springfield and the gun lobby. Andrew Molchan, director of the National Association of Federally Licensed Firearms Dealers, explains why some arms manufacturers are threatening to refuse to sell weapons to police forces in states that impose restrictions on the second amendment. Photo Credit: WBEZ/Andrew Gill