{"id":173330,"date":"2023-01-09T00:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T05:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=173330"},"modified":"2023-01-09T00:44:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T14:19:57","slug":"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NSSF-1-1024x648.jpg\" alt=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\" class=\"wp-image-173333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NSSF-1-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NSSF-1-400x253.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NSSF-1-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NSSF-1-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NSSF-1.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(<em>Photo: NSSF)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In anti-gun states, 2023 means new laws are taking effect, including more restrictions on Americans exercising their Second Amendment rights and baseless attacks on the firearm industry that supports that most critical Constitutional right that protects all our freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, these attacks are running up against a bipartisan federal law enacted to protect against this very effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Golden State Gun Blues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom rammed through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/californias-public-nuisance-law-is-admission-state-doj-background-checks-are-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\"><strong>egregious gun control<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;laws last year. The outcry was so great he was forced to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilotonline.com\/nation-world\/vp-nw-california-guns-marketing-20220808-iu3oldarsrbsbgscy76n65wo6e-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\">backpedal<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;on some after facing legal challenges of his own. Still, California\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1327\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\"><strong>SB 1327<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;took effect Jan. 1 and allows private residents to file lawsuits against gun manufacturers if they violate the state\u2019s so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban or ban on firearm sales to anyone under 21 years old,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/01\/02\/happy-new-year-california-now-allows-private-residents-sue-gunmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\">according<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to <em>Breitbart News<\/em>. It\u2019s being called a political stunt by Gov. Newsom who\u2019s toying with a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nc\/charlotte\/la-times-today\/2022\/07\/20\/newsom-could-be-eyeing-a-presidential-run\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\"><strong>presidential run<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Walters of Cal Matters highlights the counter-intuitiveness of the law \u2013 it\u2019s political theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe firearms that are specifically targeted by the legislation are already illegal under California law and the major arms makers that Newsom implies would be punished take great pains not to sell the prohibited products,\u201d Walters wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walters hits center bullseye on SB 1327 saying, \u201cFinally, a federal law\u2026 protects firearms manufacturers from liability suits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Groupthink Gun-Grabs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since last New Year\u2019s, over&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thereload.com\/gun-sales-top-16-4-million-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\">16.4 million<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;guns were sold at retail, including&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.nssf.org\/webmail\/127421\/745138141\/32be02564d1738035ddee77eea809f2c83c41023dd28c98374b2d22c262eeb87\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\">1.7 million through December<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and the holidays, according to NSSF industry data. Even in states with strict gun control laws and anti-gun governors, they bought guns in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nbc-chooses-one-sided-reporting-on-americans-gun-beliefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\"><strong>historic numbers<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong>&nbsp;States like New York, New Jersey and Delaware enacted flawed laws of their own that give residents the idea they can sue lawful gun manufacturers for the crimes committed by criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New York expanded its \u201cpublic nuisance\u201d law to allow the state, local governments and the victims of crimes to file civil suits against gun makers and firearm distributors if firearms are criminally misused. NSSF&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nssf-rejects-city-of-buffalos-frivolous-lawsuit-against-firearm-industry-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\">sued<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James to block the law\u2019s expansion, which is now being used as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nssf-rejects-city-of-buffalos-frivolous-lawsuit-against-firearm-industry-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\"><strong>basis for lawsuits<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;by the cities of Rochester and Buffalo, N.Y., against firearm manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In New Jersey, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy enacted several gun control laws and vowed to go further to \u201chold gun manufacturers accountable.\u201d He created a state office with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/story\/news\/new-jersey\/2022\/07\/25\/nj-creates-gun-manufacturer-lawsuit-office\/65381925007\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\"><strong>sole purpose<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;of suing gun manufacturers, the Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to use it aggressively and we\u2019re going to hold the [gun] industry accountable,\u201d Democratic Attorney General Matt Platkin said. \u201cWith the establishment of this office, we are sending a clear message to every participant in the firearms industry: if you violate our laws, you will pay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/cdc-isnt-following-the-science-its-manipulating-it-for-gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\">CDC Isn\u2019t Following the Science. It\u2019s Manipulating It For Gun Control<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawful industry isn\u2019t violating laws by providing for the exercise of the Second Amendment by law-abiding Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delaware Democratic Gov. John Carney signed a package of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/delaware-gun-control-legislation-assault-weapons-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\"><strong>six gun control bills<\/strong><\/a>, including a provision \u201cholding gun makers and dealers liable for gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A representative from Delaware Moms Demand Action stated, \u201cThe bottom line is that all of these bills\u2026 they\u2019re all going to make us safer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, suing a lawful firearm business that provides a legal firearm to a Delawarean who passed the FBI\u2019s National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) does nothing to punish the criminal illegally buying black market guns or illegally transporting a gun into Delaware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not to be outdone, California passed its own&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/CA\/text\/AB1594\/id\/2601230\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\"><strong>unconstitutional version<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;patterned on the New York, New Jersey and Delaware statutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Federal Protections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These flawed laws won\u2019t keep guns out of the hands of criminals but are aimed at harming the lawful firearm industry through endless and frivolous lawsuits. The federal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/primer-on-repealing-plcaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\"><strong>Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA)<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;was enacted to stop just that. The PLCAA passed with wide bipartisan support in 2005 and was signed into law by President George W. Bush in response to a wave of lawsuits that were aimed at putting those companies out of business based on circumstances beyond their control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noted legal scholar and Professor Jonathan Turley, the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/californias-public-nuisance-law-is-admission-state-doj-background-checks-are-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\">described<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;these public nuisance lawsuits as, \u201cabsurd.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cProduct liability and tort actions against manufacturers have uniformly and correctly been rejected by the courts,\u201d Turley wrote. \u201cGuns are lawful products, and holding companies liable for later misuse of such products is absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s akin to suing Ford for a death due to a drunk driver crashing his F-150 truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue-state Democratic governors may continue attacking the firearm industry and pushing gun restrictions on law-abiding citizens while criminals will keep ignoring laws and committing crimes. The reality is the only thing these governors are doing is wasting taxpayer dollars on legal defenses for their unconstitutional laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Larry Keane&nbsp;<\/strong><em>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\">National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"anti-gun-states-renew-attacks-on-lawful-firearm-industry-in-new-year\" title=\"Anti-Gun States Renew Attacks on Lawful Firearm Industry in New Year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on 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