Original sentence: Due to this, some gun-rights groups nicknamed the legislation the "ugly gun law.For this, they were criticized as attempting to circumvent the spirit of the law by many gun control groups and even by then-president Bill Clinton.Manufacturers complied with the law by removing the banned features while leaving the core functionality of the weapons intact.Pro-gun groups responded by pointing out that the manufacturers made and sold exactly what was permitted, and that they could not be held to any standard higher than the law itself.The law banned certain feature combinations that many firearms experts considered to be arbitrary
Edited sentence: " Some manufacturers complied with the law by removing certain banned features, and were criticized as attempting to circumvent the spirit of the law (even by then-president Bill Clinton).Whereas the law banned certain feature combinations, this law has often been referred to as the "ugly gun law