Gun Policy News
8 December 1999
New York Times, Editorial
The Clinton administration yesterday threatened a lawsuit against gun manufacturers on behalf of the three million people who live in public housing projects long plagued by gun violence. The threat followed last week's ruling by an Illinois state judge that an innovative private lawsuit against gun manufacturers could proceed, despite heavy industry pressure to kill it.
Taken together, these actions provided a positive counterpoint to yet another school shooting... (GunPolicy.org)