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Kevin notes that the new movie Runaway Jury has changed from the book version. In the book version, the lawsuit was against a tobacco company. In the movie, it’s about a manufacturer of assault weapons. I don’t think these companies have nearly as much cash as big tobacco, not even a fraction.
Also, from Useful Fools comes this dialogue from Threat Matrix:
One of them asks “Can we do this?” and another answers “Under the Patriot Act, we can get anything.”
John tells us that is a total lie.
October 19th, 2003 at 12:50 pm
Good point about the cash. The U.S. firearms industry is remarkably small. I wish I could find the stats that I saw once.
PS. Does anyone know of a handy reference for gun facts like this? I remember Uncle mentioning that something like 60% of gun deaths in the U.S. are from suicides, not homicides, and thinking that that was an amazing stat to have handy. Uncle, you probably just have that memorized, but my memory for factoids is terrible.
October 20th, 2003 at 8:58 am
Here’s a good one: http://www.gunfacts.info/