Without Knowledge or Consent

Inside the Secret Gun Industry Project to Change America

For decades, gun manufacturers gathered sensitive, intimate information from their customers and secretly shared it with political operatives to help elect firearm-friendly politicians.

Impact of Our Reporting

A New Lawsuit Alleges the Gun Industry Exploited Firearm Owners’ Data for Political Gain

by Corey G. Johnson

September 25, 2025, 10:15 am EDT

Gun Owners Group Calls for Federal Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data

by Corey G. Johnson

April 29, 2025, 5:00 am EDT

Senator Slams Gun Industry’s “Invasive and Dangerous” Sharing of Customer Data With Political Operatives

by Corey G. Johnson

November 15, 2024, 5:00 am EST

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How Cambridge Analytica Used Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives

by Corey G. Johnson, design by Anna Donlan

February 27, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Gun Lobbyists and Cambridge Analytica Weaponized Gun Owners’ Private Details for Political Gain

by Corey G. Johnson and Byard Duncan

February 5, 2025, 6:00 am EST
Without Knowledge or Consent

by Corey G. Johnson

October 24, 2024, 6:00 am EDT

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Impact of Our Reporting

A New Lawsuit Alleges the Gun Industry Exploited Firearm Owners’ Data for Political Gain

Gun Owners Group Calls for Federal Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data

Senator Slams Gun Industry’s “Invasive and Dangerous” Sharing of Customer Data With Political Operatives

How Cambridge Analytica Used Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives

Gun Lobbyists and Cambridge Analytica Weaponized Gun Owners’ Private Details for Political Gain

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