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    The letter requests that the CEO of Daniel Defense, Marty Daniel, testify at a congressional hearing on July 20th regarding the role of gun manufacturers in fueling gun violence in America. It notes that Daniel Defense weapons were used in recent mass shootings and asks Daniel to explain why the company continues selling assault weapons to civilians given the harm they cause. The letter provides background on the committee's investigation and recent hearing on gun violence where medical experts testified to the devastating damage caused by AR-15 style rifles.

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    The letter requests that the CEO of Daniel Defense, Marty Daniel, testify at a congressional hearing on July 20th regarding the role of gun manufacturers in fueling gun violence in America. It notes that Daniel Defense weapons were used in recent mass shootings and asks Daniel to explain why the company continues selling assault weapons to civilians given the harm they cause. The letter provides background on the committee's investigation and recent hearing on gun violence where medical experts testified to the devastating damage caused by AR-15 style rifles.

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    July 6, 2022

    Mr. Marty Daniel


    Chief Executive Officer
    Daniel Defense, LLC
    101 Warfighter Way
    Black Creek, GA 31308

    Dear Mr. Daniel:

    I am writing to request your appearance at an Oversight Committee hearing on


    Wednesday, July 20, 2022, regarding the crisis of gun violence in America and the gun
    industry’s role in fueling that violence. I am deeply troubled that gun manufacturers continue to
    profit from the sale of weapons of war, including AR-15-style assault rifles that were used by a
    white supremacist to murder ten people in Buffalo, New York, and in the massacre of 19
    children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. Just this Monday, as Americans celebrated our
    nation’s Independence Day, a shooter used an AR-15-style rifle to kill at least seven people
    and wound dozens of others during a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. 1
    Products sold by your company have been used for decades to carry out homicides and even
    mass murders, yet your company has continued to market assault weapons to civilians.

    The Committee began examining the firearms industry more than two years ago. 2 Since
    then, America’s gun violence epidemic has worsened with rising tides of gun sales and gun
    deaths. Gun-related incidents are now the leading cause of death for children in America.

    On May 26, 2022, in the wake of the shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, this Committee
    launched an investigation into firearms manufacturers and sent a letter to you seeking
    information on your company’s sale and marketing of AR-15-style semiautomatic rifles and
    similar firearms. The information that you provided has heightened the Committee’s concern
    that your company is continuing to profit from the sale and marketing of weapons of war to
    civilians despite the harm these weapons cause, is failing to track instances or patterns where

    1
    Shooting Suspect Confessed to Police, Prosecutor Says; is Denied Bond, Washington Post (July 6, 2022)
    (available at www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/06/highland-park-parade-shooting-live-updates/#link-
    KZQAFHIOAZCVDAEX26RAGVCSA4).
    2
    See, e.g., Letter from Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, Committee on Oversight and Reform, to Acting
    Deputy Director Regina Lombardo; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (Aug. 9, 2019) (online at
    https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2019-08-
    09.EEC%20to%20LombardoATF%20re%20Gun%20Tracing.pdf).
    Mr. Marty Daniel
    Page 2

    your products are used in crimes, and is failing to take other reasonable precautions to limit
    injuries and deaths caused by your firearms.

    On June 8, 2022, the Committee held a hearing to examine the causes and impacts of gun
    violence and evaluate measures to prevent further loss of life from firearms. The hearing
    included testimony from survivors of mass shootings perpetrated by assault rifles, including 11-
    year-old Miah Cerrillo from Uvalde, and family members of victims, including the parents of
    Lexi Rubio, a 10-year-old girl who was among the 19 students killed with a Daniel Defense
    assault rifle in Uvalde.

    Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician who treated victims of the Uvalde shooting, testified to
    the devastation the AR-15-style assault rifle has on the bodies of children, who were
    “pulverized” and “decapitated” by the bullets fired at them. Buffalo Police Commissioner
    Joseph Gramaglia similarly testified that the damage from these weapons “was absolutely
    devastating.” Nick Suplina, Vice President for Law and Policy at Everytown for Gun Safety,
    testified that AR-15-style rifles are “unique in the damage that is done to the human body when
    you use one of these.” 3

    In the days following the Committee’s June 8 hearing, Congress passed the Bipartisan
    Safer Communities Act, which requires enhanced background checks for buyers under the age of
    21, closes the “boyfriend loophole,” provides federal grants for states to enact “red flag” laws,
    and enhances penalties for gun traffickers. 4 This law is an important step, but it does not ban
    assault weapons or implement other safety solutions that the gun industry has lobbied
    aggressively to prevent. 5

    As the next step in our investigation, the Committee is holding a second hearing on July
    20, 2022, to examine the role of the firearms industry in the gun violence epidemic, including
    with respect to the sale and marketing of assault weapons and the broad civil immunity that has
    been granted to manufacturers. As the chief executive officer of a major firearms manufacturer
    that sells thousands of assault weapons, your testimony is crucial to understand why your
    company continues to sell and market these weapons to civilians, what steps your company plans
    to take to protect the public, and what additional reforms are needed to prevent further deaths
    from your products.

    Please confirm by Friday, July 8, 2022, that you will appear at the Committee’s hearing
    on July 20, 2022.

    3
    Committee on Oversight and Reform, Hearing on the Urgent Need to Address the Gun Violence Epidemic
    (June 8, 2022) (online at https://oversight.house.gov/legislation/hearings/the-urgent-need-to-address-the-gun-
    violence-epidemic).
    4
    Pub. L. No. 117-159.
    5
    The Gun Lobby’s Growing Divide, Axios (June 4, 2022) (online at www.axios.com/2022/06/04/gun-
    control-nra-red-flag-laws); Gun Rights Groups Mobilizing to Counter Gun Control Bills, Either in the Senate or in
    the Courts, Time (June 3, 2022) (online at https://time.com/6184098/gun-rights-groups-congress-courts/).
    Mr. Marty Daniel
    Page 3

    The enclosed Witness Instruction Sheet provides information for witnesses appearing
    before the Committee. Please note the procedures for submitting written testimony at least two
    business days prior to the hearing.

    For in-person participants, the enclosed COVID-19 guidelines describe the Committee’s
    coronavirus safety protocols. Consistent with these guidelines, all witnesses and their staff must
    confirm their vaccination status and complete a health assessment before entering the
    Committee’s hearing room and/or office spaces. Witnesses who are not fully vaccinated must
    also provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test in advance of the hearing in order to enter the
    Committee’s hearing room and/or office spaces.

    In addition, the enclosed Zoom user guides demonstrate how to: (1) navigate Zoom
    features and (2) ensure the best user experience by employing general best practices (e.g.,
    optimal lighting and sound conditions).

    The Committee on Oversight and Reform is the principal oversight committee of the
    House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under
    House Rule X. If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact staff at (202)
    225-5051.

    Sincerely,

    __________________________
    Carolyn B. Maloney
    Chairwoman

    Enclosure

    cc: The Honorable James Comer, Ranking Member

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