2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Maybe Bernie has been right about gun manufacturers [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)Gun manufacturers don't need or deserve special legal protection. PLCAA was a giveaway to the NRA, and it was passed because gun manufacturers were being successively sued for knowingly profiting from criminal gun violence.
Some, like Smith and Wesson, had agreed to change their business practices as a result of these lawsuits, and adopt responsible measures to reduce the incidence of their guns ending up in criminal hands. The NRA didn't like that at all, and they got their friends in congress to pass a brazen legal giveaway so that gun companies could continue to profit from criminal gun violence.
That fact that "progressives" are even considering siding with Bernie on this is evidence that the Bernie movement is caught up in a cult of personality, as opposed to being issues-oriented as they claim. Nobody in their right mind would be in favor of special legal immunity for the gun industry, except Saint Bernie can do know wrong...