How have gun manufacturers responded to proposed policy changes?
Mr. Teret: Some manufacturers have been quite receptive to discussing the idea of ‘how can they change the design of guns so that fewer people are unnecessarily injured. I know people who work at high level jobs in gun manufacturing companies. When I think of those people I don’t think for one moment that those people in any way want to see injuries occur. I know that those people want to prevent unintentional injuries. Some manufacturers have been very receptive in discussing ways that we might go about changing the product itself to make the product safer. Is there some way to retrofit guns to make them safer? Is the technology out there to do that? Mr. Teret: Regarding retrofitting guns with the kinds of devices that we’ve already mentioned like magazine disconnects or load indicators, I don’t really think that that is feasible. Maybe in some small examples it may be feasible to change a gun but I don’t think so with regard to guns that are already out there. A survey was done recen
