Yup, We Were On To Something

Sometimes in journalism, like in child-rearing, it takes a village.

In the wake of the Parkland school shooting, an investigative news outlet called the Florida Bulldog reported on Kalashnikov USA, a shady gunmaker with ties to Russia. The company, it seemed, had found a way to produce Kalashnikov-branded AK-47s in the U.S. without running afoul of U.S. sanctions. And in 2015 it had inked a deal with Gov. Rick Scott’s administration to open a factory a few miles from Parkland in exchange for tax breaks. (The tax deal fell through when the company failed to create enough jobs, but the gunmaker did move to Broward County.)