61.   In recent years, some gun makers have moved to make weapons less dangerous.

62.   In the front of the courtroom, lawyers for the gun makers insisted that their international subsidiaries were legally separate from the American counterparts.

63.   In the next few days, Bush will sign a bill barring Texas cities from suing gun makers to recover damages resulting from gun violence.

64.   It promised to use its power in state legislatures to enact measures that would block cities from suing gun makers.

65.   It provides a rationale to oppose gun control legislation and keep the contributions rolling in from the NRA, the gun makers and the gun retailers.

66.   Judges in Chicago, Miami and Bridgeport, Conn., have dismissed lawsuits seeking to hold gun makers and retailers liable for the costs of gun violence.

67.   Last week, the lobby succeeded in getting Georgia to enact a law preventing its cities from suing gun makers.

68.   Last year, Pennsylvania passed a law that denied local jurisdictions the right to sue gun makers, but Ridge also signed into law a child-safety measure.

69.   Late last year, the NRA sought to reassert its influence over the gun makers.

70.   Lindsay said allowing lawsuits against gun makers, ammunition makers and their trade groups could open the door to lawsuits against auto makers and knife manufacturers.