ONCE WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS...WE WILL PASS IT ALONG. THE C-E-O OF A GEORGIA GUN MANUFACTURER ... IS BEING ASKED TO TESTIFY ... AT AN UPCOMING HEARING ... BEFORE A U-S HOUSE COMMITTEE. LAWMAKERS SAY THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE HEAD OF "DANIEL DEFENSE" .. AS THEY DISCUSS WHAT THEY CALL A "CRISIS OF GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA .. AND THE GUN INDUSTRY'S ROLE IN FUELING THAT VIOLENCE. OUR MARVIS HERRING IS IN THE NEWSROOM NOW .. WITH MORE ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE'S REQUEST. THIS IS THE LETTER SENT BY THE CHAIR OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO THE DANIEL DEFENSE C- E-O. IT SAYS THE COMMITTEE IS CONCERNED THE COMPANY IS PROFITING FROM THE SALE AND MARKETING OF WEAPONS OF WAR TO CIVILIANS DESPITE THE HARM THE WEAPONS CAUSE. IT ALSO SAYS THE COMPANY FAILS TO TRACK INSTANCES OR PATTERNS WHERE THEIR PRODUCTS ARE USED IN CRIMES AND CLAIMS DANIEL DEFENSE IS NOT TAKING REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS TO LIMIT INJURIES OR DEATHS CAUSED BY ITS FIREARMS. YOU MAY REMEMBER... DANIEL DEFENSE MANUFACTURED THE WEAPON USED IN THE ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN UVALDE, TEXAS. THE GUNMAN KILLED 19 CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS. LAWMAKERS SAY THEY WANT CLARITY ON *WHY COMPANIES ARE MARKETING ASSAULT WEAPONS TO CIVILIANS... AND HOW THEY PLAN TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND PREVENT MORE DEATHS. THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHAIRWOMAN WROTE DANIEL DEFENSE'S CEO SAYING IN PART "I AM DEEPLY TROUBLED THAT GUN MANUFACTURERS CONTINUE TO PROFIT FROM THE SALE OF WEAPONS OF WAR, INCLUDING AR-15- STYLE ASSAULT RIFLES..." SHE MENTIONS THAT THOSE STYLE RIFLES WERE USED DURING THE DEADLY MASS SHOOTINGS IN UVALDE, BUFFALO AND MOST RECENTLY IN HIGHLAND PARK ILLINOIS. THE LETTER ALSO SAYS "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." MARVIS WHEN ARE THESE C-E-O'S SUPPOSED TO TESTIFY? THE UPCOMING HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON JULY 20TH... WE REACHED OUT TO DANIEL DEFENSE FOR A COMMENT BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK THANKS MARVIS. DANIEL DEFENSE ISN'T THE ONLY GUN MANUFACTURER .. LAWMAKERS WANT TO TALK TO. THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM .. ALSO SENT OUT LETTERS REQUESTING THE HEADS OF