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Last October, amid the sniper shootings that terrorized Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, you might not have imagined that this spring the U.S. House of Representatives would pass a bill providing special protections to gun manufacturers and sellers. Yet, on April 9, the House passed H.R. 1036, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. At press time, the Senate version, S. 659, was on the cusp of reaching the Senate floor for consideration.
The bill is not standard tort "reform" fare. Instead, it protects gun manufacturers and sellers from "qualified civil liability actions." Specifically, the bill would prohibit a civil action against a gun manufacturer, seller, or trade association for "damages or injunctive relief resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse" of a firearm.
The bill does not protect the maker or seller of a firearm from...
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