US EditionCongress shielded gun companies from lawsuits. Some blue states think they've found a loophole
Since 2021, 10 states have passed laws allowing lawsuits against gun companies for failing to prevent illegal gun use, challenging federal immunity protections from 2005.
- In 2005, Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, shielding gun manufacturers from lawsuits over crimes committed with their firearms.
- Since 2021, 10 blue states have passed laws intended to make it easier to sue gunmakers and sellers, aiming to find a loophole around the federal law.
- The new state laws open firearm companies to lawsuits if they don't take steps to prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands, outraging gun rights advocates who say the states are trying to skirt the federal law.
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Blue States Plot “Loophole” to Undermine Federal Gun Industry Protections
Opinion iStock Palto Nearly twenty years ago, Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to stop activist lawyers and anti-gun politicians from bankrupting America’s firearms industry through endless, politically motivated lawsuits. Now, a group of blue states thinks they’ve found a way to circumvent federal law, the will of the poeple, and bring those same attacks back through the side door. The New Anti-Gun Playbook …
Congress shielded gun companies from lawsuits. Some blue states like Colorado think they've found a loophole.
By Susan Haigh, The Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — Two decades after a Republican-controlled Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms, blue state Democrats upset about gun violence think they’ve found a way to penetrate that legal shield. Since 2021, 10 states, including Colorado, have passed laws intended to make it easier to sue gunmakers and sellers. The newest such law, in Connect…
Congress shielded gun companies from lawsuits. Some blue states think they’ve found a loophole
HARTFORD, Conn. — Two decades after a Republican-controlled Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms, blue state Democrats upset about gun violence think they’ve found a way to penetrate that legal shield. Read more...
Blue states launch new legal attack on gun industry immunity
Two decades after a Republican-controlled Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms, blue state Democrats upset about gun violence think they’ve found a way to penetrate that legal shield. Since 2021, 10 states have passed laws intended to make it easier to sue gunmakers and sellers. The newest such law, in Connecticut, took effect this month. It opens firearms manufacturers and retailers …
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Congress shielded gun companies from lawsuits. Some blue states think they've found a loophole
Two decades after a Republican-controlled Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms, a growing number of Democratic-led states are trying to penetrate that legal shield.
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