Erik Larson - Lethal Passage - The Story of a Gun

91 The ATF’s Urgent trace… G. R. Dickerson, testimony. Dismantling of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms hearing, Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, April 30, 1981, 34.

92 But Stokes eventually… Thomas W. Stokes, interview.

93 “We’re always looking for…” Raymond Rowley, interview.

94 “We don’t make…” David Troy, interview.

1 Forensic investigators… Det. Donald Adams, interview.

2 Cutter was splayed… (Billy Cutter), testimony. VA-NE, February 28, 1989, 94.

3 “It looked…” Ibid., 87.

4 “I was probably…” Maurice H. Matteson, testimony. VA-NE, February 28, 1989, 123.

5 “I don’t have the gun…” Ibid., 124.6 “What in the world…” Ibid., 131.

7 Rev. George Sweet… Rev. George Sweet, interview; George Sweet, testimony. WF-SE, January 14, 1992.

8 “He looked at me…” Ibid.

9 “I was like wondering…” Lora Sweet, testimony. WF-SE, January 14, 1992, 7.

1 He did not carry… Det. Donald Adams, interview; Det. Donald Adams, testimony. WF-SE, January 14, 1992.

2 “A gun enthusiast…” Det. Donald Adams, interview.

3 He carried hundreds… Ibid.; Det. Donald Adams, testimony. WF-SE, January 14, 1992.

4 “He could hold…” Det. Donald Adams, interview.

5 He filed a groove… Ibid.

6 The fact his mother… Ibid.

7 Hundreds “were…” Robert Sherrill, The Saturday Night Special (New York: Charterhouse, 1973), 165.

8 “I didn’t sell…” James S. Dick, deposition. WF-SE, July 16, 1990, 43.

9 “I’m kind of flattered…” New York Times , March 10, 1992, 1.

10 Intratec was so… Los Angeles Times , July 7, 1993, 3.

11 “Everything was by…” Los Angeles Times , July 3, 1993, 1.

12 Only one of… Osha Gray Davidson, Under Fire , 171–72.

13 “The object of…” John Minnery, Kill Without Joy: The Complete How to Kill Book (Boulder, Colo.: Paladin Press, 1992), preface.

14 “I prefer to make…” Peder Lund, interview.

15 Once a week… Michael Hoy, interview.

16 Joseph Grubisic, commander… Joseph Grubisic, interview.

17 A few years ago… Confidential interview, BATF.

18 Some’published recipes… Sgt. LeRoy Pereira, U.C. Berkeley Bomb Squad, interview; Lt. Walter Boser, commander, New York Police Bomb Squad, interview; Peder Lund, interview.

19 (“It’s kind of like…” Charles Rose, interview.

20 “They’re wrong…” Peder Lund, interview.

21 Most of his customers… Billy Blann, interview.

22 In August 1992… Jack Killorin, spokesman, BATF, interview; Charles T. Ziegler, police chief, Athens, Tennessee, interview; Ptl. Don Long, Athens police, interview.

23 In San Juan Capistrano… Sgt. Charles Stumph, Orange County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad, interview.

24 In 1983 he set… Park Elliott Dietz, interview.

25 His work brought… Park Elliott Dietz, interview; Dietz, “Dangerous Information: Product Tampering and Poisoning Advice in Revenge and Murder Manuals,” Journal of Forensic Sciences 33:5 (September 1988): 1215.

26 In an article… Dietz, “Dangerous Information,” 1208–9.

27 In 1973, Dr. Dietz’s… Ibid., 1212–13.

28 “The general rule…” Bruce Ennis, interview.

29 “These are difficult…” Floyd Abrams, interview.

30 “You can’t say…” Joseph Grubisic, interview.

31 No problem would exist… Sgt. Charles Stumph, interview.

32 That Paladin can… Jack Thompson, interview.

33 In July 1989… Washington Post , August 15, 1989, a10.

34 Shotgun News also… Atlanta Journal-Constitution , March 12, 1993, G3.

35 “There’s no difference…” David Uhrig, interview.

36 Private buyers… Wall Street Journal , October 23, 1992, 1.

37 Once notorious… New York Times , March 30, 1992, D8.

38 It now includes… See Shotgun News , July 1, 1992, 3.

39 Nonetheless, my April… Shotgun News , April 1, 1993, 5, 25.

40 During a reporting journey… Wall Street Journal , March 12, 1993, 1.

41 “It’s called…” Jim Moore, interview.

42 “My friend…” John G. Mitchell, “‘God Guns & Guts Made America Free,’” American Heritage (February/March 1978): 9.

43 At times… Ibid., 8.

44 The NRA was founded… Certificate of Incorporation, New New York, November 17, 1871; Osha Gray Davidson, Under Fire , 20–22.

45 It remained a small… Davidson, Ibid., 27.

46 The association began… Mitchell, “‘God Guns & Guts,’” 9.

47 As originally proposed… Robert Sherrill, The Saturday Night Special (New York: Charterhouse, 1973), 58.

48 By 1946… Mitchell, “‘God Guns,’” 9.

49 In 1956, the NRA… Certificate of Extension of Purpose, New York Department of State, March 22, 1956.

50 …Lee Harvey Oswald… Henry S. Bloomgarden, The Gun (New York: Grossman, 1975), 92.

51 For Carter was… Davidson, Under Fire , 31–33.

52 It shifted emphasis… Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation, New York Department of State, September 23, 1977.

53 A study conducted… Mitchell, “‘God Guns,’” 10.

54 Nonetheless, by 1978… Ibid., 2.

55 By 1983, its… Davidson, Under Fire , 39.

56 One of those attacked …Joseph McNamara, interview.

57 From 1989 to 1991… Davidson, Under Fire , 157; Bradley O’Leary, PM Consulting Inc, interview, membership data.

58 The historic site… Davidson, Under Fire , 161.

59 Its political action… Center for Responsive Politics, Washington, D.C.

60 Between the 1990… Center for Responsive Politics, “PACs in Profile,” June 1993, 8.

61 The NRA also stepped… Peter Stone, “Under the Gun,” National Journal (June 5, 1993): 1335.

62 In 1992 alone… Bradley O’Leary, interview.

63 The drive worked…. O’Leary, interview.

64 The NRA was indeed bigger… “1992 Report to Members,” NRA, 1992.

65 In 1993… Peter Stone, “Under the Gun,” 1337.

66 One New York assemblywoman… Naomi Matusow, interview.

67 In 1993, a hard-right… Osha Gray Davidson, interview.

68 A survey by… Louis Harris, “A Survey of the American People on Guns as a Children’s Health Issue,” LH Research Inc. (June 1993): 6, 15.

69 In the 1992 membership… Bradley O’Leary, interview.

70 At the NRA’s 1993… Wayne LaPierre, “This is a Fight for Freedom!” American Rifleman , July 1993, 31.

71 During the same… “The ‘Duke’ Takes His Stand in Nashville,” American Rifleman , June 1993, 79.

72 In his Nashville speech… Wayne LaPierre, “This is a Fight,” 31.

73 In a column… “The President’s Column,” American Rifleman , June 1993, 60.

74 In 1993… Susan Lamson, “TV Violence: Does it Cause Real-Life Mayhem?” American Rifleman , June 1993, 31–33.

75 In its “Combat Annual”… Mark Moritz, “Volkspistol,” American Handgunner (Combat Annual 1992): 46–48.

76 A writer for… Jim Benson. “Ladies’ Home Companion,” American Survival Guide (July 1990): 24–25, 66.

77 The author described… “Return of the Ingram,” Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons , 66–71.

78 Dr. Park Dietz… Cox Newspapers, “Firepower: Assault Weapons in America,” 1989, 12–13.

79 Dr. Dietz told… Park Elliott Dietz, interview.

80 Add to this… Harry F. Waters, et al., “Networks Under the Gun,” Time , July 12, 1993, 64–66.