Two first-person accounts of municipal gun politics and litigation were highly valuable for this chapter: Peter Harry Brown and Daniel G. Abel, Outgunned: Up Against the NRA, especially pp. 7–67 and 171–234, and Richard Feldman, Ricochet: Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist, especially pp. 232–256. Other helpful sources include “Gun Makers Visit Clinton to Announce Safety Locks,” Knight-Ridder, October 10, 1997; Curtis Howell, “Hot as a Pistol: Increasingly Prominent Gun Trade Group Wins Praise for Conciliatory Attitude Behind Safety-Lock Agreement,” Dallas Morning News, October 25 1997; Terrence Hunt, “Gun Makers Agree to Provide Childproof Locks on Handguns,” Associated Press, October 10, 1997; Jim Schneider, “Clinton Applauds Gun Makers at Historical Ceremony,” Shooting Industry, December 1, 1997; Paul M. Barrett, “Courting Trouble? As Lawsuits Loom, Gun Industry Presents a Fragmented Front—Widening Legal Threat Finds Makers, Sellers Are Split on Issues and Tactics,” Wall Street Journal, December 9, 1998; Roberto Suro, “Cities Plan Legal Assault on Makers of Handguns: Tobacco Lawsuits Viewed as Models,” Washington Post, December 23, 1998; Fox Butterfield, “Results in Tobacco Litigation Spur Cities to File Gun Suits,” New York Times, December 24, 1998; Alan Sayre, “Watchdog Group: Guns Swap Could Leave City Open for Lawsuit,” Associated Press, January 29, 1999; Will Anderson, “Gun Maker Takes Aim at Cities’ Lawsuits; Smyrna Glock Plant Chief Sees No Ties Between Anti-Smoking Lawsuits and Challenges Against Arms Industry Manufacturers,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 14, 1999; Paul M. Barrett, “Gun Interests, Philadelphia Mayor to Talk Today,” Wall Street Journal, June 9, 1999; Paul M. Barrett and Jeffrey Taylor, “Focus of Gun-Control Fight Shifts to Cities, States,” Wall Street Journal, July 8, 1999; Vanessa O’Connell and Paul M. Barrett, “Ricochet: Cities Suing Gun Firms Have a Weak Spot: They’re Suppliers, Too—Police Trade-ins Cut Costs, but Many of the Weapons Land in the Wrong Hands,” Wall Street Journal, August 16, 1999; Matt Bai, “Clouds Over Gun Valley,” Newsweek, August 23, 1999; Paul M. Barrett and Vanessa O’Connell, “White House and Gun Industry May Discover Some Talking Points to Reach Deal on Lawsuit,” Wall Street Journal, December 13, 1999; Brigitte Greenberg, “Some NRA Allies Renounce Comments from Group’s Leaders,” Associated Press, March 21, 2000; “Glock Rejects Gun-Control Agreement,” Associated Press, March 22, 2000; Russ Thurmon, “Smith & Wesson Agreement Draws Fire,” Shooting Industry, May 1, 2000; Matt Bai, “A Gun Maker’s Agony: Inside Smith & Wesson’s Fight to Survive the Crossfire,” Newsweek, May 22, 2000; Rinker Buck, “Agreement Backfires on Smith & Wesson,” Hartford Courant, June 14, 2000; Gary Fields, “For Smith & Wesson, Blanks Instead of a Magic Bullet—Nation’s No. 1 Gun Maker Signed a Deal to Promote Safety, but Is Still a Legal Target,” Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2000; and Matt Bai, “A Gun Deal’s Fatal Wound: As a Landmark Pact to Control Guns Falls Apart, Smith & Wesson Takes the Hit,” Newsweek, February 5, 2001.