Posted on 06/20/2026 5:11:39 AM PDT by MtnClimber
In 2005, a truly bipartisan Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act—text here--in response to lawfare against gun makers. Their tactic was suing manufacturers for the criminal misuse of their lawful products by people over whom they had no control or knowledge. It was akin to suing Ford for the damage caused by drunk drivers, an obvious violation of the intent and text of tort law.
It was an evil, but ingenious strategy. Gun makers aren’t among the most prosperous companies, and even if they won nearly every nuisance lawsuit, anti-liberty/gun cracktivists could bankrupt them with legal fees and the judgments handed down by hostile, leftist judges in the suits they lost.
Joe Biden was among the many leftists who have lied about the PLCAA, claiming it prevents any lawsuit against gunmakers and allows “gun violence” blood to run knee deep in the streets. It doesn’t:
PLCAA explicitly states that it does not prevent ‘an action for death, physical injuries or property damage resulting directly from a defect in design or manufacture of the product’—which is the precise type of suit Clinton is referring to regarding unsafe toys. § 7903(5)(A)(v).
Other actions explicitly permitted by PLCAA include actions for breach of contract or warranty, and actions against transferors who know the firearm will be used to commit a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime. § 7903(5)(A)(i), (iv). Thus, just like in any other industry, firearm dealers and manufacturers are liable for their own actions. PLCAA simply prevents an innocent law-abiding entity from being civilly liable for ‘the criminal or unlawful misuse of a qualified product’ by another person.
Since 2005, anti-liberty/gun cracktivists have labored to find a way around the PLCAA. Leftist lawfare judges have allowed some bogus suits to proceed
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Notice that NBC said the Court “rejects a challenge to a New York Law,” purposely misleading the public. Even though there is a circuit split, which the Supreme Court considers necessary before taking a case, it’s not at all unusual for the Court to deny cert. They hear only a tiny portion of the cases that come before them every year. They did not rule on NY’s law. Their decision not to hear it only leaves the lower court decision in place.
People need to remember that the reason the Iranian people have not risen up to throw out those awful Ayatollahs is that Iran doesn’t have a 2nd Amendment and therefore the people do not have any weapons with which to fight back against the murderous IRGC.
So if some one started interfering with the add-on 13th and 19th amendments Kat would be okay. After all, didn’t Joe tell us the BOR aren’t absolute.
I did notice that. Because I think NBC is fake news. 😊👍🇺🇸
Joe Biden was among the many sordid leftists who lied-—
grumbling the protective PLCAA “prevents” lawsuits against gunmakers
and allows “gun violence” blood to run knee deep in the streets.
Who on earth believes anything this ding-a-ling mouths?
It’s time to get rid of that Afrikaner Omlette Shack skank on the Supreme Court. The Umptheent Ho wants to dump OUR Second Amendment. She isn’t an American and has got to go.
What was the lower court decoy?
***Gun makers aren’t among the most prosperous companies,***
NYC had a chance to bankrupt all the gun makers decades ago when they decided to get rid of all the guns seized from the days of “MAD”Tim Sullivan to the 1980s. All they had to do was dump all those seized guns on the market as most cities used to do and bring in cash for the cops. It would have undercut the new gun prices and bankrupted the gun companies.
Instead they loaded all those guns on Three Coast Guard Cutters, hauled them out and dumped them into the sea.
So, the US needs to airdrop small arms into Iran. Pistols will do.
While the commie trash world (mostly EU) stood by while Iran killed 30,000 protesting citizens, some were crafty. Some followed IRGC officers to their homes and marked the doorways. Then, when they re-emerged in the morning they were assassinated with small arms. This is how a revolution can proceed.
Provide arms to the families of the 30,000 murdered and watch IRGC officers drop like flies. Just a little bit of coordination and there could be a KrystallNacht of an entirely different type.
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