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Gun Control & RKBA

derby378

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1. The way I read the law...

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Mon Feb 1, 2016, 08:41 PM

Feb 2016

...is that if I purchase an AR-15 and it detonates on me at the range, I can sue the manufacturer in court (or my surviving family members can) to get the defective gun off the market and pay some serious compensation for pain and suffering, hospital bills, lost wages and income, etc.

But they can't be sued just for manufacturing an AR-15. Getting rid of PLCAA might enable certain unscrupulous lawyers to try that.

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Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, gun crime and focus [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 OP

The way I read the law... derby378 Feb 2016 #1

Those are what I believe to be the facts discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #2

Let's sue... Puha Ekapi Feb 2016 #3

Dumb idea for the Focus... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #5

Presactly... Puha Ekapi Feb 2016 #7

I would suggest that the astonishingly hypocritical and dishonest push to repeal the PLCAA pablo_marmol Feb 2016 #4

When your politics are going nowhere... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #6