Controversy surrounds manufacturer Daniel Defense after Texas shooting

Controversy surrounds manufacturer Daniel Defense after Texas shooting

The gunman who killed 19 children and two adults during the Texas school shooting last week used a semi-automatic weapon manufactured by Daniel Defense. CBS News’ Caitlin Huey-Burns sits down with Ryan Busse of Giffords, which advocates for gun control, to discuss the controversy surrounding the company and the problems he believes plague the gun industry as a whole.

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50 Comments

  1. Donny Jackson on July 30, 2022 at 7:39 pm

    then ban all of the fast food chains for making people fat.



  2. Diego Cunha on July 30, 2022 at 7:41 pm

    I’m a BCM guy myself, but all this talk about Daniel Defense lately, is making me have second thoughts about it. I may consider one of their rifles in a near future.



  3. Prancer 180 on July 30, 2022 at 7:41 pm

    Daniel defense does not have aggressive marketing at all. What a ridiculous statement.



  4. Evan Pimental on July 30, 2022 at 7:42 pm

    A child holding a firearm infers "white christian nationalism?" This is all hogwash. I wasn’t much older than a toddler when I was taught to handle and respect firearms. Most of the people who I know that are gun enthusiasts are only concerned with quality, reliability and features of a firearm. This is unadulterated nonsense. To make all of these unfounded accusations about the NRA is baseless, false and irresponsible.



  5. hunter s on July 30, 2022 at 7:44 pm

    I want a Daniel Defense DDM4V7 now, just because I can.



  6. Jason Mackey on July 30, 2022 at 7:45 pm

    The manufacturer of the rifle means nothing. Where is the investigation on what happened in the kids life that turned him into a murderer. When a plane crashes it triggers a full scale investigation to determine the cause down to every nut and bolt. When someone murders innocent people they don’t even know everything except the murderer is blamed.



  7. Rusdy Shakleford on July 30, 2022 at 7:50 pm

    Did anyone sue Ford over the Waukesha Christmas parade massecre?



  8. Asdf 3po on July 30, 2022 at 7:50 pm

    So someone use a car for a crime. CBS will blame the car manufacturer too?



  9. CR Williams on July 30, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    Oh this comment section is not going how you hoped it would I see. Tell me more how so many people are in favor of your "assault weapons" ban.



  10. David Park` on July 30, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    not their fault. stop trying to pass a bill to blame gun manufacturers.



  11. 11B Retired on July 30, 2022 at 7:54 pm

    I will not be lectured on Gun Control by CBS News, the Biden Administration, or a certain political party, that open the borders to the Mex Drug Cartel, soft on crime, and armed the Taliban with our assault rifles/military equipment.



  12. Aquatiqz on July 30, 2022 at 7:54 pm

    Leave Daniel Defense out of this. I know the media and people hating on them didnā€™t even know who Daniel Defense was before the shooting. Itā€™s not their fault, and it doesnā€™t matter what brand he used.



  13. joe scott on July 30, 2022 at 7:55 pm

    Why not sue Boeing for manufacturing the airplanes that terrorists flew in to the towers. If they didn’t make the plane it wouldn’t of happened.



  14. dek rev on July 30, 2022 at 7:55 pm

    Soā€¦ something thatā€™s perfectly legal to own is not allowed to have an ad?
    Sounds stupid – As stupid as that guy sounds.
    Itā€™s legal – run it!
    Theyā€™re a private company – they can advertise how they want.
    This isnā€™t news – itā€™s activism.



  15. Aaron Reece on July 30, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    It’s nothing new they’ve been marketing like that for years, so complain to someone to will listen to your redderick CBS and CNN.



  16. David Clark on July 30, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    Who bought an 18-year-old with no DL or job a $1870 rifle? Two of them? šŸ¤”



  17. Jeff Moore on July 30, 2022 at 7:59 pm

    On another US culture note: It took 19 police from at least 3 jurisdictions to keep the shooter safe from agonized parents in Uvalde. US policing is broken. They used handcuffs and threats of arrest on the parents.



  18. Mike Leee on July 30, 2022 at 8:01 pm

    Gun control = DEATH WISH . This is America and the 2A shall NEVER be infringed. So , we will defend her until the end.



  19. darren camus on July 30, 2022 at 8:04 pm

    #FJB



  20. BlueBerryBySAM on July 30, 2022 at 8:04 pm

    I love Daniel Defense.



  21. Jordan Crawford on July 30, 2022 at 8:05 pm

    Oh jeez. Let’s sue Stanley Tools for every person killed with a hammer – let’s sue Mazda when someone drinks and drives their vehicle into someone else’s. This is getting ridiculous. I gained 20lbs the last couple months. Time to throw out all my forks!



  22. Richard Roettger on July 30, 2022 at 8:05 pm

    Instead of bashing Daniel defense why not ask the real questions like where did this 18 year old get like 10 grand worth of equipment and guns who gave it to him, how did he get it etc? Cause when I was 18 I wasn’t buying anything over $500



  23. doug rose on July 30, 2022 at 8:05 pm

    every time you turn on CNN or read their twitter, facebook, etc you are feeding the woke beast. We need to stop giving them clicks and ad revenue..it’s the only way they’ll get the message. They love division and hate..it creates clicks.



  24. sheepdog on July 30, 2022 at 8:06 pm

    Try buying 2 Daniel defense ARs with EOTECH sights ? Law enforcement needs to follow the money šŸ’° it leads right back to GEORGE SOROS ! SOROS HAS BEEN PAYING YOUNGER SCHOOL SHOOTER’S FOR DECADES !



  25. CBS News on July 30, 2022 at 8:06 pm

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  26. Eduardo Rubio on July 30, 2022 at 8:07 pm

    Crazy how I bought my first gun (ddm4v7) the very next week the school shooting happened and the pos shooter used my gun šŸ˜©šŸ˜ž



  27. Joseph Kassees on July 30, 2022 at 8:08 pm

    Wowwww



  28. CIA Special Activities Division on July 30, 2022 at 8:08 pm

    If they hold Daniel defense accountable hold the car companies accountable for the millions of car related deaths or knife companies for all those homicides



  29. LunaTheBullTerrier on July 30, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    The question im asking is how an 18 year old kid with no job and from a dysfunctional family got 2000$ to buy the ddm4 and then got 1000$ more to buy ammo and magazines



  30. Anthony Poirier on July 30, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    Ryan Bussy you say??



  31. Adam Grey on July 30, 2022 at 8:11 pm

    Great advertisement for DD. I ran out to get one as soon as I saw this video. Thanks



  32. Ana Tito on July 30, 2022 at 8:11 pm

    In loved guns and Iā€™ve bought my First DD m4a1. And Iā€™m looking to buy a second Daniel D Gun.



  33. MikeL on July 30, 2022 at 8:12 pm

    Because the real problem is manufacturers, yet this kid was able to buy a rifle at 18 šŸ¤”s



  34. Jerry McCulley on July 30, 2022 at 8:14 pm

    Perhaps if the police in Uvalde did their job as well as Daniel Defense does the shooting would have ended earlier.



  35. Edward Aderman on July 30, 2022 at 8:14 pm

    Liberals look so funny talking about something they no nothing about



  36. Jimmy Pete on July 30, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    Wait, how is a Bible verse automatically associated with ā€œWhite Christain Nationalism?ā€ Iā€™m black with a Bible verse engraved on my daily carry.



  37. MURKOFF CORP on July 30, 2022 at 8:18 pm

    Did the media and the rest of the ignorant people out there even know what Daniel Defence was? Everytime a shooting happens they go straight for the manufacturer and slander them.



  38. Gun Butter on July 30, 2022 at 8:18 pm

    You never compromise with people who donā€™t have to give anything up. They will always ask for more and never give anything back. BRW
    BTW , poor reporting.



  39. InfamousMacias on July 30, 2022 at 8:20 pm

    Are we going to blame the car manufacturer for the time a guy killed over 80 people with a truck in france?



  40. Martin OVER on July 30, 2022 at 8:23 pm

    Guns and ammunitionSā€



  41. Carlos Talavera on July 30, 2022 at 8:24 pm

    Firearms have been a part of the fabric of this great nation of ours since its inception ,as well as moral values and community. How about an investigation into how the school system, the local authorities,the community health organization, the local church and community, the breakdown of his family that led to that boy making a decision that cost everybody? Indifference and apathy toward our fellow man caused this tragedy that could have been avoided by someone who cared enough to reach out to a hurting boy who wasnā€™t taught how to be a man. But, maybe thatā€™s too old fashionedā€¦



  42. Mad Monkey on July 30, 2022 at 8:24 pm

    Wow, free advertising and media exposure! Thanks, media, lol – Daniel Defense.



  43. Adawg503 on July 30, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    Love my DDM4V7!



  44. The Natural2k0 on July 30, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    Love my MK18



  45. Tradez on July 30, 2022 at 8:29 pm

    Nope. Donā€™t blame Daniel Defense. Funny no one blames the criminal.



  46. BlueBerryBySAM on July 30, 2022 at 8:29 pm

    Join the NRA, Today.



  47. Matthew F on July 30, 2022 at 8:32 pm

    Gun companies shouldnā€™t be sued for this stuff. Same reason that if someone buys an axe from Home Depot and kills someone with it, Home Depot doesnā€™t get sued.



  48. Jimmy Pete on July 30, 2022 at 8:32 pm

    Daniel Defense didnā€™t go to the NRA convention because everything they say can and will be used against them. You guys are literally trying to sue them into oblivion.



  49. KrypTeK on July 30, 2022 at 8:38 pm

    Canā€™t wait to buy every product Daniel defense sells.



  50. nartron3000 on July 30, 2022 at 8:39 pm

    Just got my new Ddm4v7 pro. Canā€™t wait to take this baby to the range šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø