Bernie needs to see the light when it comes to gun control. It's our job to educate him on the facts

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78. It's not prosecution. It's a civil suit.

Prosecution is what the government does. But calling it "immunity from prosecution" sure makes it sound worse, doesn't it?

The gun manufacturers were already not liable. What some gun control activists wanted to do was file enough nuisance lawsuits to try and drive gun manufacturers out of business. By vastly underestimating the wealth of gun manufacturers, and ignoring that the victims they would be exploiting would be bankrupted.

But so what if that family in Colorado lost their 11-year old daughter and now also has to pay $200k in legal fees. Those lawsuits were gonna totally shut down a multi-billion dollar industry!!!

If it were a general principle, like you say, then it should be covered by a general law further shielding corporations from liability

Might wanna wipe up the spittle first. It makes for a more coherent argument.

I believe your question here is why is the law needed if manufacturers are already immune? Because of the stage when the lawsuit ends. Without this law, the lawsuit would proceed pretty far before it was thrown out of court. Which means crime victims get to pay a lot more money to the manufacturers they just sued. The law cuts it off faster, so that the manufacturer probably won't bother counter-suing.

It's really sad to see DUers parroting NRA talking points all because of Bernie

You mean the guy the NRA gives an "F"? Golly, they totally must be NRA supporters if they're helping a guy the NRA hates!!!

Oh, you also left out that Sanders voted for the assault weapons ban, for limiting clip sizes, and against reducing handgun waiting period from 3 days to 1. How's that fit into your "NRA talking points"?

So, actual gun control: Sanders voted for it. Fantasies about bankrupting a multi-billion dollar industry that would cost victim's families millions? Sanders voted against it. Yeah, that's awful.