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Its A Disaster: Joe Bidens Gun Plan Could Bankrupt The Firearms Industry, Advocates Say

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>President-elect Joe Bidens gun control plan includes a provision to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce In Arms Act, which protects firearm sellers and manufacturers from lawsuits related to the misuse of weapons or ammunition.

 

>Two Second Amendment advocates said the plan could cripple the gun industry and drive companies and small sellers alike into bankruptcy.

 

>Remington Arms Company, which recently went bankrupt, and Cabelas were recent targets of gun-related lawsuits, and the firearms advocates insist the Georgia Senate races will determine if Bidens policies are enacted into law.

 

President-elect Joe Bidens gun control plan, which in part seeks to remove liability protections on firearm manufacturers and dealers, could bankrupt major players in the weapons industry, two advocates said.

 

The former vice presidents Plan To End Our Gun Violence Epidemic seeks to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce In Arms Act, which affords firearms dealers and manufacturers legal protection against lawsuits that may result from the misuse of weapons or ammunition sold to the public. Such a measure would effectively leave dealers and sellers vulnerable to wrongful death and injury lawsuits, senior vice president of the Gun Owners of America Erich Pratt told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

 

[bidens plan] means that gun manufacturers could ultimately be put out of business through frivolous lawsuits, Pratt said in a phone interview.Its totally irresponsible, imagine holding Ford or GM responsible for the damage caused by hit-and-run drivers. We wouldnt tolerate that and yet thats exactly the type of legal theory theyre trying to put on gun manufacturers.

 

Kevin Jamison, a Missouri self-defense lawyer and firearms trainer, said The guys pushing these lawsuits, they dont care if they win. They care if they can force these companies to hemorrhage money. They are in the business of putting gun companies out of business.

 

Remington Arms Company, which has been producing firearms since 1816, went bankrupt in late September after the corporation was sued by the families of the victims involved in the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, according to Fox Business. The gunman used a Bushmaster, a sub-company of Remington, AR-15 during the shooting, Fox reported.

 

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Pratt said the country will be seeing more of these lawsuits and he added that Remingtons bankruptcy was the desired intent of the legal procedure. Jamison called the theories behind the gun litigation absurd and said the lawsuits have been allowed to continue even under the Commerce In Arms Act because of misguided courts.

 

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Theyve gotten away with it because the courts have indulged these absurd theories of law, the gun lawyer said. Its a disaster. It has been very bad the last few years, yes, but its going to be the death of mom and pop and gun shops individually-owned gun shops and some of these companies.

 

Pratt sees the potential for Americas gun industry as a whole to crumble under the weight of litigation that could result from Bidens plan.

 

The idea of the left would be oh sure you can have a Second Amendment right, too bad you just cant find any guns that are being produced and manufactured,' he said.

 

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