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Fluke a Snooker

(404 posts)
Mon Feb 19, 2018, 02:54 PM Feb 2018

Sue the NRA out of existance NOW!

After seeing this headline...



There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON why the NRA can avoid a multi-BILLION dollar lawsuit that should not just target the organization, but every member and Republican politician that supports this destructive organization that is actually worse than the German Nazis. NO BUTS...let's see the suits start flying!

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dalton99a

(81,073 posts)
3. Congress Passes New Legal Shield for Gun Industry
Mon Feb 19, 2018, 03:14 PM
Feb 2018
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/21/politics/congress-passes-new-legal-shield-for-gun-industry.html
Congress Passes New Legal Shield for Gun Industry
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | OCT. 21, 2005

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 - The Republican-controlled Congress delivered a long-sought victory to the gun industry on Thursday when the House voted to shield firearms manufacturers and dealers from liability lawsuits. The bill now goes to President Bush, who has promised to sign it.

The gun liability bill has for years been the No. 1 legislative priority of the National Rifle Association, which has lobbied lawmakers intensely for it. Its final passage, by a vote of 283 to 144, with considerable Democratic support, reflected the changing politics of gun control, an issue many Democrats began shying away from after Al Gore, who promoted it, was defeated in the 2000 presidential race.

"It's a historic piece of legislation," said Wayne LaPierre, the association's chief executive, who said the bill was the most significant victory for the gun lobby since Congress rewrote the federal gun control law in 1986. "As of Oct. 20, the Second Amendment is probably in the best shape in this country that it's been in decades."

The bill, which is identical to one approved in July by the Senate, is aimed at ending a spate of lawsuits by individuals and municipalities, including New York City, seeking to hold gun manufacturers and dealers liable for negligence when their weapons are used in crimes.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
6. This is the PLCAA. It applies to gun manufactures, distributors
Mon Feb 19, 2018, 03:23 PM
Feb 2018

and licensed firearms dealers. I'm not an attorney but the NRA may not be protected under this law. If so this may be an inroad into gunworld.

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