In 1998 the city of New Orleans filed a lawsuit in state court against Glock and other weapons manufacturers claiming the weapons could be made safer for children and requesting reimbursement for the cost of gun violence in the city. This was the first time a government suit was brought against a weapons manufaturer claiming they were responsible for the damages their products caused. The city of Atlanta was quick to file their own lawsuits and many other local and state governments followed. By 2000 over 30 cities and one state (New York) had filed similar lawsuits against gun manufacturers.
