…relating to settlement terms to demand in the lawsuits against gun manufacturers (which were then being brought by New York, some other jurisdictions, and private plaintiffs, and held the risk of bankrupting the industry.
Source: Of Arms and the Law: Clinton archives on gun manufacturer settlement demands
“Those who forget the past…”
Mandatory to all who was in his teens and maybe early 20s back in 1,999. David Hardy brings us a stark reminder on how close the Second Amendment got to become a joke under the Clinton era. Click the link in his post, read the six pages and tell me your hair on the back of your head did not stand up.
It would have set a scary precedent with regards to the First Amendment, as well. It seems there would have been government oversight of the advertising and marketing materials that manufacturers and dealers put out…