Hey, Smith & Wesson: You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding.

Faced with the public backlash from their agreement with the Clinton administration, Smith & Wesson has posted a "clarification" of their government deal. You see, their agreement stipulates that each and every Smith & Wesson distributor and dealer follow a certain code of conduct. This code of conduct, as I've described previously, lays down very specific restrictions on what the dealers can and can't do. Any dealer/distributor that does not agree to these guidelines cannot sell Smith & Wesson firearms at all.

If you read the agreement, you can see that there are stipulations on the details on guns and magazines that dealers can sell. Though these points plainly refer to ALL guns the dealer sells, Smith & Wesson has "clarified" the agreement by maintaining that these conditions apply only to S&W guns and products. Not surprisingly, this interpretation has been challenged by the White House.

I dunno, it was all pretty clear to me, and I'm not a lawyer. The way I see it, S&W just pulled an "Oh, shit, what the hell did we do?"