{"id":52090,"date":"2016-01-27T14:49:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T19:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=52090"},"modified":"2016-01-27T14:49:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T09:41:30","slug":"democrats-introduce-bill-to-bankrupt-gun-industry-remove-legal-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/democrats-introduce-bill-to-bankrupt-gun-industry-remove-legal-immunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Introduce Bill to Bankrupt Gun Industry, Remove Legal Immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_52092\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blumenthal.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"democrats-introduce-bill-to-bankrupt-gun-industry-remove-legal-immunity\" title=\"Democrats Introduce Bill to Bankrupt Gun Industry, Remove Legal Immunity\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52092\" title=\"Democrats Introduce Bill to Bankrupt Gun Industry, Remove Legal Immunity\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blumenthal-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a hardcore anti-gunner.  (Photo: Blumenthal)\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blumenthal-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blumenthal-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blumenthal.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-52092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a hardcore anti-gunner. (<em>Photo: Blumenthal<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The gun-grabbing Democrats in Congress are at it again, this time attempting to repeal a common-sense bill that protects gun manufacturers from frivolous lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>This week, US Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced the \u201cEqual Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act,\u201d which would effectively repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), thus allowing shooting victims to \u201chave their day in court\u201d with gun manufacturers, sellers and interests groups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Victims of law-breaking gun makers and dealers deserve a day in court \u2013 fair rights and remedies restored by this measure,\u201d said Sen. Blumenthal, in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlone among all industries, guns are protected by a near absolute wall of legal immunity that bars the courthouse doors to victims,\u201d Blumenthal continued. \u201cOur proposal would unlock the courthouse doors \u2013 holding gun makers and dealers accountable, and giving them a strong incentive to make safer, smarter products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Passed in 2005, the PLCAA simply protects the gun industry from civil liability when criminals or negligent users cause harm to themselves or others with a product. Since its passage, the PLCAA has been a primary target for anti-gunners. This new bill would strip away that protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking the gun industry immune from lawsuits effectively handed them a license to kill. Congress intentionally let gun makers and sellers off the hook for the murder and mayhem they knew would happen. And they looked the victims\u2019 families in the eye and said \u2018Tough luck. There\u2019s nothing you can do about it\u2019,\u201d said Sen. Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gun lobby doesn&#8217;t own Congress like it used to &#8211; this legislation is essential to ending the firearms industry&#8217;s grip on Washington,\u201d added Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t take a genius to figure out what these gun-grabbers are trying to accomplish. They\u2019re trying to bankrupt the industry, as Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, said in an email to GunsAmerica.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No one frivolously sues a car manufacturer because a drunk driver kills someone with a car. But anti-gun groups and gun prohibitionists have sued gun manufacturers and dealers because a criminal misused their product,\u201d said Gottlieb. \u201cThey do it try to bankrupt the industry<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe we need a law to allow crime victims to sue democrats for passing laws that limit their means of self-defense,\u201d Gottlieb quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Larry Keane, senior vice president, assistant secretary and general counsel to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, was also quick to point out the underlying agenda of this legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PLCAA only bars frivolous lawsuits that seek to blame gun manufacturers and dealers for the criminal misuse of lawfully sold, non-defective products,\u201d explained Keane in an email to GunsAmerica. \u201cThe PLCAA exists because the Brady Center, greedy trial lawyers and big city mayors got together in the late 1990\u2019s to circumvent Congress and impose gun control regulation through litigation through settlements or bankrupt the industry with massive judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are lying about the PLCAA to advance the anti-Second Amendment agenda,\u201d Keane continued. \u201cThey want to repeal the PLCAA so they can launch a new wave of frivolous lawsuits with the same objective. The gun control zealots badly underestimated the resolve of our industry then &#8211; and now &#8211; to stand and fight for truth and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s unlikely this new bill will clear a GOP-dominated Congress, it\u2019s important to note that all three Democratic candidates for president have expressed an interest in repealing or modifying the PLCAA, that includes Bernie Sanders, who initially supported the PLCAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gun-grabbing Democrats in Congress are at it again, this time attempting to repeal a common-sense bill that protects gun manufacturers from frivolous lawsuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":52092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,25,216,240],"tags":[132,469,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-current-events","10":"category-s-h-blannelberry","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-gun-control","14":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Democrats Introduce Bill to Bankrupt Gun Industry, Remove Legal Immunity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Democrats Introduce Bill to Bankrupt Gun Industry, Remove Legal Immunity -\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/democrats-introduce-bill-to-bankrupt-gun-industry-remove-legal-immunity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Democrats Introduce Bill to Bankrupt Gun Industry, Remove Legal Immunity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The gun-grabbing Democrats in Congress are at it again, this time attempting to repeal a common-sense bill that protects gun manufacturers from frivolous lawsuits.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/democrats-introduce-bill-to-bankrupt-gun-industry-remove-legal-immunity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-27T19:49:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-19T09:41:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blumenthal.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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