That finger of blame, however, rarely lands on the manufacturer of the guns used in the massacres.
Colorado is joined by Hawaii, New Hampshire, Virginia, Washington and Maryland, which are considering similar bills. “We may forget how unusual and bizarre this is to provide this exemption from accountability,” said Ari Freilich, state policy director for the gun control advocacy group Giffords, who argues that the federal law allows states some control over the industry’s legal liability.
While the federal law remains intact, the Colorado bill’s sponsors argue it includes carveout that gives states some degree of power. “One of my hopes is to be able to give the Club Q victims ... the ability to at least fully participate in our Colorado judicial system,” said Rep. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, a Democrat and one of the bill’s sponsors. “Just as any other victims in any other civil suit would be able to do.”Lewis said the bill would merely level the playing field with other industries, such as pharmaceuticals, which don’t share the gun industry’s legal protections.
Hit ‘em in the only place that matters!
Kind of sounds like a bad thing
Car makers and soft drink makers are next.
alandrummond2
Protections that shouldn't have been granted in the first place