Cuts into their opportunities for graft, obviously, but also…
Hillary: Impose Gun Control by Judicial Fiat
The papers found in her husband’s presidential archives in Little Rock show why the lawsuits that the PLCAA stopped were so important to his anti-gun plans. A January 2000 question and answer document, probably meant to prepare Bill Clinton for a press conference, asks about his involvement in the lawsuits against the gun industry. It suggests as an answer that he “intends to engage the gun industry in negotiations” to “achieve meaningful reforms to the way the gun industry does business.” The memo suggests he close with “We want real reforms that will improve the public safety and save lives.”
This is noteworthy: the Clinton White House did not see the lawsuits’ purpose as winning money, but as a means to pressure the gun industry into adopting the Clinton “reforms.” What might those reforms have been?
Can’t say how categorically true it is, of course, but it’s an interesting and plausible read.
It was in the text of the DoJ’s agreement they pressured Tompkins PLC execs into signing (because Glock had waffled too long.)