21.   But lawyers for the gun makers said they would file a motion for a mistrial.

22.   But Morial said it was now time to try to force gun makers to produce safer products that could not be used so easily by juveniles or criminals.

23.   But more bureau data might only confirm the emerging patterns, leaving gun makers unable to claim they are unaware of such information.

24.   But now a federal judge has ruled that, for the first time, gun makers can be sued purely for their marketing.

25.   But similar legal pressures tighten the noose around the gun makers.

26.   But the attack on the gun makers is a novel application of the law, McCall said.

27.   But the mayors say that for too many years, the gun makers and the National Rifle Association have controlled the state legislatures and Congress as well.

28.   But unlike the tobacco companies, Kairys said, the gun makers have shown no inclination to settle.

29.   But they say that a breach between gun makers and the NRA could make it easier to enact tougher gun laws.

30.   Chicago and New Orleans are suing gun makers because, mirabile dictu, their product kills people.