New laws in California, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York and now Connecticut create an opening for governments and private citizens to hold gunmakers accountable for violence.

So... Does this set a precedent? If you can SUE the manufacturer of a firearm for injuring someone with that firearm then WHY not sue the maker of a baseball bat, a knife, an automobile, a metal folding chair OR anything you can be beaten, cut or shot to death or severely injured with? 

And..If someone attacks you and you shoot them dead, or hurt them badly, they or their family may be allowed to sue you!  

"SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED"

States May Have Found a Way Through the Gun Industry’s Liability Shield 

By Champe Barton Aug 11, 2022

Every year since 2013, House Democrats have introduced a bill to repeal The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, or PLCAA, which shields the firearms industry from lawsuits over harms committed with its wares. Every year, that effort has stalled in committee, captive to political gridlock that shows little sign of waning.

 

But a new push led by gun reform-minded states may have found a way through the industry’s special legal immunity.

In the last year, legislators in California, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York have passed laws that require gun companies to impose “reasonable controls” on their distribution chains and more carefully monitor how and where they sell firearms. Their greater significance, however, may lie in setting the stage for governments and private citizens to sue gunmakers by exploiting a narrow exception in PLCAA. If successful, such suits could mark the first time in nearly 20 years that gun companies have faced accountability in court for careless sales practices, and reshape how the firearms industry distributes guns to the American public.

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