{"id":146126,"date":"2021-06-02T14:40:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T18:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=146126"},"modified":"2021-06-02T14:40:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:36:47","slug":"new-york-mayors-answer-to-criminal-violence-allow-lawsuits-against-gun-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/new-york-mayors-answer-to-criminal-violence-allow-lawsuits-against-gun-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mayors Answer to Criminal Violence: Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" title=\"New York Mayors Answer to Criminal Violence: Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Makers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Remington.png\" alt=\"New York Mayors Answer to Criminal Violence: Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Makers\" class=\"wp-image-136971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Remington.png 1000w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Remington-400x240.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Remington-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Remington-768x461.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>(<em>Photo: Remington Arms<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of mayors representing various cities around New York is calling on the state legislature to pass legislation that would open the door for civil lawsuits against gun makers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/510186573\/NY-Mayors-Letter-to-Leadership-on-PLCAA\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-york-mayors-answer-to-criminal-violence-allow-lawsuits-against-gun-makers\" title=\"New York Mayors Answer to Criminal Violence: Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Makers\">letter<\/a> addressed to Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, the mayors made their case. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our cities need this tool, and in the face of federal inaction on the issue, it is up to you, our state legislative leaders, to provide it,&#8221; the mayors wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We need accountability for the wrongs that have been committed ,and we need to incentivize a change in behavior to stem the flow of illegal guns. 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Zellnor Myrie, the proposal would circumvent federal law called the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protection_of_Lawful_Commerce_in_Arms_Act\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-york-mayors-answer-to-criminal-violence-allow-lawsuits-against-gun-makers\" title=\"New York Mayors Answer to Criminal Violence: Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Makers\">Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) <\/a>that indemnifies gun manufacturers from being held liable for the criminal misuse of their products. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a loophole in the PLCAA for violations of state law.\u00a0 Fahy and Myrie\u2019s bill would exploit that loophole and expand New York\u2019s public nuisance law to include gun companies that engage in \u201cillegal\u201d or \u201cunreasonable conduct.\u201d\u00a0 As the mayors explain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This bill adds to New York\u2019s public nuisance law, by making clear that gun companies that engage in illegal or unreasonable conduct are creating a public nuisance in the state and can be sued for it and also requires all gun companies who do business in New York to put in place reasonable safeguards to prevent their guns from ending up in the hands of people who shouldn\u2019t have them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/new-everytown-ad-these-cops-gun-owners-support-background-checks-you-should-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-york-mayors-answer-to-criminal-violence-allow-lawsuits-against-gun-makers\" title=\"New York Mayors Answer to Criminal Violence: Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Makers\">New Everytown Ad: These Cops, Gun Owners Support Background Checks \u2014 You Should Too!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have seen a heartbreaking and devastating uptick in gun violence across New York State, including in the Capital Region,\u201d Assemblywoman Fahy said. \u201cLocal governments, law enforcement agencies and families of victims affected by gun violence need another tool in their arsenal in the fight to stop the flow of illegal guns into New York, and finally break the \u2018Iron Pipeline.&#8217; 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