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Court Orders Firearms Manufacturer Colt to Release Document Suggesting Colt Misled Government
Colt Maintained Misleading Position on "Smart Guns" in Congressional Testimony on Immunity Legislation
April 18, 2003

San Diego, CA - Responding to a motion by attorneys for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Judge Vincent P. DiFiglia of the California Superior Court today found Colt Manufacturing, Inc. in violation of a court order protecting only legitimate trade secrets and ordered the immediate release of Colt internal documents. These documents suggest that in 1999, Colt was close to introducing a childproof "Smart Gun," but that Colt misled the public and the government about the status of the gun in order to encourage the federal government to give out $20 million to $40 million in research money.

• Click here to read the press release.
• Click here to view the previously secret Colt documents.
• Click here to view the documents as originally redacted by Colt.