<p>When criminals have access to some of the most powerful weapons in the world, how will police match or outgun them? What role does the gun industry play?</p>

When criminals have access to some of the most powerful weapons in the world, how will police match or outgun them? What role does the gun industry play?

'The Gun Machine' Ep. 5: How the police became one of the gun industry’s biggest customers

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