Despite the surge in gun sales, which have been climbing in 2012, being in the gun business is tough following such incidents, Frates said.
Mr. Bloomberg has also faced tough questions about the incident.
Nonetheless, some think that the increasingly unpopular junta's tough stance on that incident and YouTube has been a ploy to stir up nationalist sentiment and distract Thais from the country's political crisis.
Much was made of the fact he was recently spotted dining with the company's chief executive, Tony Hayward, and he has faced tougher questions as the incident has dragged on.
But some question just who will get caught in the dragnet, as such incidents are tough to trace and culprits are often overseas.
But some question just who will get caught in the dragnet, as the incidents are tough to trace and culprits are often overseas.
Given that no one outside of this rogue 11-year-old witnessed the incident, it's tough to prove it really went down; people have been known to lie about killer clown sightings before.
The incident was a tough blow to Brits, still raw from mourning the loss of the 22 people killed in the late May attack at a concert in Manchester.
"As a kid I made this pact," she says, recalling an incident from her tough-as-nails childhood on Long Island.
Two tough reports last year on those incidents found considerable shortcomings in the organization, including some in the peacekeeping department, which at the time of those events was run by Mr. Annan.
