As part of the war against the Second Amendment, the Biden-Harris Administration has made no secret of its antipathy to responsible gun owners and the firearm industry.
Under the guise of “common sense” gun control, President Biden has made repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) a “top priority,” claiming, incorrectly, that the legislation gives gun dealers and manufacturers complete and unique immunity from lawsuits. In the meantime, the Biden-Harris Administration has pledged to collaborate with state legislators and Attorneys General on strategies for enacting and employing state liability laws to undermine the PLCAA, including using “generally applicable state consumer protection and nuisance laws to take action against gun manufacturers and gun dealers.”
One such state-level effort to bypass the PLCAA, the Illinois Firearms Industry Responsibility Act (2023), was used by the City of Chicago and Bloomberg’s gun control group Everytown to file a lawsuit against Glock, Inc., seeking to hold the gunmaker responsible for harms caused by criminals illegally installing auto sears on Glock handguns. The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability is now investigating “potential collusion” between the Administration (specifically, the White House Office on Gun Violence Prevention, “overseen by Vice President Harris”), the City of Chicago, and Everytown and other “anti-Second Amendment plaintiffs” in the litigation.
A different civil case which sought to bypass the PLCAA was recently dismissed. In Lowy v. Daniel Defense, LLC et al., Civil Action No. 1:23-cv-1338 (E.D. Va. July 24, 2024), a federal court in Virginia granted the motion of all 15 defendants, including Daniel Defense, LLC; Centurion Arms, LLC; Magpul Industries Corp., Federal Cartridge Company, and others, to dismiss the case outright.
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