91. Still, there is no shortage of disincentives for gun makers. 92. Specialists say that trying to extract millions from gun makers for the cost of urban violence will be difficult. 93. Tensions between some gun makers and the NRA could also make it harder for the rifle association to defeat those measures in the House. 94. That being true, the FTC may be in no position to lift a finger against gun makers. 95. That is because tobacco companies and gun makers rank alongside pederasts and journalists in the inventory of American dis-esteem. 96. The administration also wants gun makers to agree to end practices such as marketing weapons that are impervious to fingerprints. 97. The agreement represents a major splintering in the powerful alliance of gun makers and owners that has thwarted tough gun laws in Washington and state capitals for years. 98. The approach holds that gun makers knowingly create a public nuisance by the way they distribute their products. 99. The cities that have sued gun makers include Boston, Newark, Atlanta, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Cleveland, St. Louis and San Francisco. 100. The Chicago suit alleges that gun makers, distributors and suburban dealers oversupply the market with handguns, knowing that they will be used in urban crimes. |