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

Illustration by Diego Mallo
Illustration by Diego Mallo

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This episode of “The Gun Machine” looks at the rise of military-style weapons, like the Glock pistol, in police departments and federal law enforcement, and the corresponding rise in the budgets of those departments.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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