HUD's threat misfires

Now the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development isthreatening to join the wave of lawsuits against the gun industry.Certainly illegal guns have helped make life miserable for Americansforced to live in public housing. So it is only natural for the HUDbrass to want to do something about it. But, as noted by Bruce Reed,President Clinton's domestic policy adviser, 1 percent of the gundealers sell 50 percent of the weapons used in crimes. So why attackthe entire industry?

We are advocates of strict gun control. We favor the …