Lethal Passage_ The Story of a Gun - Erik Larson [118]
107 The master … Wall Street Journal, June 24, 1993, 1.
108 In the autumn … Leighton Rockafellow, interview. Rockafellow represented the Nix family in a lawsuit against Sturm, Ruger. The family agreed to accept a settlement of $150,000.
109 Ruger continues … Sturm, Ruger & Co., catalog, 1993, 28.
110 A report in … Sturm, Ruger & Co., product liability log, entry dated March 14, 1980.
111 “It is quite …” Prassel, Western Peace Officer, 252.
112 “… Since the Western …” Slotkin, Gunfighter Nation, 352.
113 In 1970, historian … Richard Hofstadter, “Reflections on Violence in the United States,” American Violence (New York: Knopf, 1970), 24.
114 Sturm, Ruger & Co.… Wall Street Journal, June 24, 1993, 1.
115 Why else … Frank W. James, “Snubnose Revolvers,” American Handgunner (Combat Annual 1992): 29036. Photo: 34.
116 The company whose … ATF, Firearms Tracing Database Report, February 20, 1992.
117 By 1989 … “Handgun Production by U.S. Manufacturers, 1973–1989,” Shooting Industry, 1991.
118 It fondly … Cox Newspapers, “Firepower: Assault Weapons in America,” 1989, 2; Edward M. Owen, interview; Earl Taylor, interview.
119 “We’ve got technology …” Leonard Supenski, interview.
Chapter Four: Nicholas
1 “I didn’t feel …” NES, 32.
2 “I was scared …” Ibid., 82.
3 “I was looking …” Ibid., 77, 80.
4 “I was scared …” Ibid., 81.
5 “I was kind of …” Ibid., 81–82.
6 “I was thinking …” Ibid., 82.
Chapter Five: The Gun
1 “I grew up …” Leonard Supenski, interview.
2 A 1989 study … Cox Newspapers, “Firepower: Assault Weapons in America,” 1989, 2.
3 A study of all … ATF, “Project Detroit,” April 19, 1992, 4–5.
4 The head of … Thomas W. Stokes, interview.
5 Shortly after nine … Homicide Report, Denver Police Department; George I. Ogura, Autopsy Report, County of Denver, June 19, 1984; Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, The Silent Brotherhood (New York: Signet, 1990), 244–250.
6 During a sweeping … U.S. vs Pierce, et al., Second Superseding Indictment. CR85–001M, 43, 48, 64, 65, 78.
7 Later, on April 15 … Flynn and Gerhardt, Silent Brotherhood, 472.
8 “It slices …” Cox Newspapers, “Firepower,” 12.
9 In March 1989 … Ibid., 8.
10 The same month … St. Petersburg Times, March 2, 1989, 12A.
11 Six months later … Det. Cheryl Jackman, interview.
12 “It’s a terrible …” Cornelius J. Behan, tape of Maryland Handgun Roster Board Meeting, February 5, 1990.
13 The day before … Advertisement. New York Times, February 4, 1990; Baltimore Sun, February 6, 1990, 1A.
14 The third speaker … Elmer H. Tippet, tape of Maryland Handgun Roster Board Meeting, February 5, 1990.
15 The gun joined … Maryland Handgun Roster Board, Determination of Petition. Docket P-89085, February 13, 1990.
16 At about midnight … Oakland Tribune, October 11, 1990, A-11.
17 In May 1990 … Vancouver Sun, May 22, 1990, B1.
18 On October 20, 1991 … Vancouver Sun, March 7, 1992, A7.
19 The same month … The Record (Bergen County), October 11, 1991, A-1.
20 In 1991, New York … The Record (Bergen County), July 16, 1991, A-7.
21 The following year … Denver Post, October 1, 1992, 2-B.
22 A Baltimore rapper … Baltimore Sun, November 29, 1992, 1A.
23 At least two gangs … Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 17, 1992, 16; Arkansas Gazette, January 25, 1991, 4B.
24 Detailed renderings … Baton Rouge State Times, June 15, 1990, 1-A.
25 Let me get … Indianapolis News, June 25, 1992, A-1.
26 “I’ll make it up …” Boston Globe, November 25, 1992, 19.
27 “When you look …” Leonard Supenski, interview.
28 The gun’s direct lineage … Thomas R. Nelson and Daniel D. Musgrave, The World’s Machine Pistols and Submachine Guns, vol IIA (Hong Kong: Chesa Limited, undated): 501, 504, 507.
29 Ingram saw … Ibid., 508.
30 The United States had … Ibid., 503–4.
31 The Army bought … Ibid., 508.
32 WerBell, who … Ibid., 509.
33 In 1969 Ingram … Ibid., 512.
34 To best capitalize … Ibid., 512.
35 From 1969 … Ibid., 512.
36 The investors … Ibid., 512.
37 It was McQ … Edward M. Owen, interview.
38 “Hey, Lon,” the … McQ, Warner Brothers,