Europeans Profiting from American Deaths

Around a third of the guns used in mass shootings in the United States were manufactured in Europe. In European Weapons, American Victims the German newspaper Tagesspiegel investigates how German and Austrian arms manufacturers are profiting from exploiting America's love affair with guns.

Guns are the major cause of children's deaths in the United States, ahead of both traffic accidents and cancer. These deaths are a lucrative business for gun manufacturers. Two of the most successful gun brands in the US are the German SIG Sauer and the Austrian Glock. In an in-depth investigation Taggespiegel explores how both SIG Sauer and Glock are profiting from American deaths.

In an 8 part series the newspaper examines the 'US gun cult and its European profiteers, concentrating on the role of SIG Sauer and Glock. The investigation uses data from the Mother Jones Mass Shootings Database. You can also explore US gun crime on the Mass Killing Database, a collaboration between Northeastern University and the Associated Press. This database keeps track of all multiple homicides in the United States from 2006 with four or more victims.

The Gun Violence Archive also collects data on gun-related violence in the USA (the Mass Killing Database isn't limited to mass killings involving only guns). The Gun Violence Archive reports that there have already been 285 mass shootings in the USA so far this year. To date 126 children have been killed by guns in 2024 and 312 children have been injured by guns.