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In reply to the discussion: Would a "Repeal the 2nd Amendment" movement... [View all]Straw Man
(6,613 posts)87. Correction.
However, unlike all other industries, gun manufacturers and sellers enjoy immunity from civil litigation.
Not true. Gun manufacturers can be and are sued for defective products that cause injuries and death, just like any other manufacturer. The cannot be sued when someone commits an illegal act with their product, resulting in injury or death.
If I drive my car into a crowd, causing death and injury, should the victims' families be able to sue the car manufacturer? They may try, but it would be thrown out of court. Most of the gun cases were similarly dismissed, but they cost the manufacturers a lot of money. This was the main goal behind the efforts: to bankrupt the companies, or at least causing them severe financial headaches. If there were advocacy groups dedicated to suing car makers out of existence, as there are with firearms, the auto industry would need similar protections.
Here's where you start telling us that the analogy isn't apt because guns were "made to kill," etc. There are a lot of purposes for owning guns, not the least of which is protection of oneself, which is a universal human right. The analogy stands.
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Sure if you can disarm all criminals 1st...otherwise I prefer my right to defend my home.
EX500rider
Mar 2021
#72
So, it's OK to inconvienience me for the deeds of another, through no fault of mine?
yagotme
Mar 2021
#33
So, you really think that repealing one of the amendments in the Bill of Rights...
yagotme
Mar 2021
#50
So because the police violate the 4A as they have been doing for years in the War on Drugs...
AnrothElf
Mar 2021
#54
There's a fantasy book by S. M. Stirling called "Dies the Fire" in which something like that happens
Dial H For Hero
Mar 2021
#68
Unfortunately, I think trying to repeal the 2nd Amendment would only help Republican politicians.
LaMouffette
Mar 2021
#6
You stumped me! I was going to say, "Just do whatever they do in Europe!" but then found out
LaMouffette
May 2021
#112
Can you list the 6 circumstances that the PLCAA allows you to sue gun manufacturers?
hack89
Mar 2021
#19
Under the PLCAA the gun industry cannot be held liable for the damages resulting from negligence,
sop
Mar 2021
#24
You obviously believe the gun industry bears no civil liablity for the sale of lethal products that
sop
Mar 2021
#38
If negligence can be proven, then the public has the right to sue brewers. That's how it works.
sop
Mar 2021
#47
Congress has not granted Chevy, or the entire automotive industry, immunity from civil litigation.
sop
Mar 2021
#44
It's not just "making a defective product," there are many other things manufacturers or sellers
sop
Mar 2021
#52
"The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, or PLCAA, grants broad immunity from liability
sop
Mar 2021
#62
Your error is in confusing the debate over negligence with the right of citizens to sue.
sop
Mar 2021
#67
I'm not sure why the thread author is ignoring both of my replies.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2021
#102
Many Democrats favor at least to some degree the spirit of "defund the police".
discntnt_irny_srcsm
May 2021
#111