Posted on 03/02/2022 12:06:50 PM PST by Red Badger
The Associated Press fact checked President Joe Biden’s State of the Union claim that gun makers enjoy immunity from lawsuits and found it “false.”
The AP noted that Biden claim that there is a “liability shield that makes gun manufacturers the only industry in America that can’t be sued, the only one.”
After checking on the validity of Biden’s statement, the AP retorted: “That’s false. While gun manufacturers do have legal protections from being held liable for injuries caused by criminal misuse of their weapons thanks to the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, they are not exempt or immune from being sued.”
Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi applaud as Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol House Chamber on March 1, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb – Pool/Getty Images)
They noted that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act “lays out exceptions where manufacturers or dealers can be held liable for damages their weapons cause, such as defects or damages in the design of the gun, negligence, or breach of contract or warranty regarding the purchase of a gun.”
Breitbart News pointed out:
PLCAA is very narrow in scope. It shields gun makers from lawsuits in situations where a gun, criminally used, was legally made and legally sold.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
My obvious comeback for that remark is the liability immunity the government gave Covid vaccine producers.
"Remington" no longer exists. Insurance company bean counters settled.
Good info. I didn’t realize Remington had gone under. I saw another article this morning on AmmoLand that outlined this very subject.
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