Toyota took a deeper dive, first spending four years developing its own software that connects dealers to factories and factories to suppliers.

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Such safeguards include manufacturers training their dealers and distributors to identify and handle illegal purchasers at the point of sale, developing a code of conduct for distributors, and requiring them to implement record keeping measures in order to keep guns out of the wrong hands.

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