Gunmaker Daniel Defense posted online an advertising photo of a small child holding one of its AR-15-style rifles just days before one of its firearms was used in the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Tex.
Highlights
- Gunmaker Daniel Defense posted the image to Twitter on May 16.
- The next week, a gunman used a Daniel Defense DDM4 Rifle to kill 19 children and two adults at a school in Texas.
- The gunmaker had planned to host an exhibitor’s booth at the upcoming National Rifle Association convention, set to begin Friday in Houston.
- The NRA no longer includes Daniel Defense among the hundreds of gunmakers, firearm parts manufacturers and taxidermists appearing at the convention hall.
- The rifle is modeled after the M4 carbine, the U.S.
- military’s go-to rifle, according to the company’s blog post.