James Bandler, ProPublica

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James Bandler is a reporter at ProPublica. He covers business and finance, with coverage areas that include corporate investigations, resource extraction industries and defense procurement.

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Screenshot of a website selling Bushmaster AR-15 guns.

How a Maine businessman made the AR-15 into America’s best-selling rifle

Neither a gun enthusiast nor a right-wing ideologue, Richard Dyke used political connections and lobster giveaways to build Bushmaster, the company that popularized assault-style rifles.

ByJames Bandler, ProPublica Doris Burke, ProPublica

November 21, 2023