A Bill has been introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates that seeks to close a loophole in the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) that was exploited by Sandy Hook families to destroy Remington and is now being used by Uvalde families to threaten Daniel Defense with a similar fate. Efforts … Read more
A new measure introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to strengthen the protections offered to gunmakers against lawsuits stemming from the unlawful use of their legally manufactured and lawfully sold products. First, some background information. In 2005, Congress enacted the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) as a legal defense for gun manufacturers … Read more
Leave it to Michigan’s Democratic lawmakers to trot out the tired old trope of “consumer protection” as an excuse to wage war on the firearm industry. Their latest legislative push, now advancing through the state House Judiciary Committee, proposes removing liability protections for gun manufacturers. The aim? To bypass federal protections under the Protection of … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the case concerning Mexico suing some U.S. gun manufacturers for allegedly putting guns into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Mexico claims the companies deliberately chose to “profit off the criminal market for their products” and caused a flood of guns to fall into the hands … Read more
A federal judge in Boston has thrown out much of the $10-billion lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against eight gunmakers for what the government called “mass carnage” south of the border. On Wednesday, a federal District Court judge in Boston dismissed six of the eight respondents from the lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds. Companies dismissed … Read more
As part of the war against the Second Amendment, the Biden-Harris Administration has made no secret of its antipathy to responsible gun owners and the firearm industry. Under the guise of “common sense” gun control, President Biden has made repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) a “top priority,” claiming, incorrectly, that … Read more
The City of Chicago has filed a new lawsuit against Glock Inc., accusing the gun manufacturer of contributing to the city’s gun violence crisis by designing pistols that can easily be modified into automatic weapons. The lawsuit, filed in state court, comes after the city withdrew a similar federal suit earlier this month. According to … Read more
A U.S. District Judge has granted an injunction prohibiting the enforcement of California’s law that exposes firearms manufacturers and retailers to lawsuits in the state for lawful commerce in firearms that takes place entirely outside the state of California when those legally made and sold products are misused by criminals and others. The ruling by … Read more
By Lee Williams Gary v. Glock is a 24-year-old lawsuit that refuses to die. Attorneys for the Brady gun control operation filed the lawsuit on behalf of the City of Gary, Indiana in 1999. At that time, more than 40 cities filed similar lawsuits, which sought to hold gun makers and dealers liable for murders … Read more
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