Posted October 21, 2016 3:48 pm by Comments

By Ammoland

National Shooting Sports Foundation

By Larry Keane

National Shooting Sports Foundation

NEWTOWN, Conn – -(Ammoland.com)- Last week a Connecticut Superior Court judge issued a decision rightfully upholding the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) and dismissing a suit brought against the Remington companies, a distributor and a retailer.

The suit attempted to claim that the lawful manufacture, distribution and sale of an AR-15 type rifle constituted “negligent entrustment,” a view significantly widening that concept.

“Although PLCAA provides a narrow exception under which plaintiffs may maintain an action for negligent entrustment of a firearm, the allegations in the present case do not fit within the common-law tort of negligent entrustment under well-established Connecticut law,” the judge wrote.

The judge’s decision is a reminder of the critical role the PLCAA serves in supporting the Second Amendment.

If the PLCAA was repealed, as Hillary Clinton has asserted she would like to see, the firearms industry would be the target of those who are politically motivated to destroy it.

The industry would again be crippled under the weight of legally baseless lawsuits brought by aggressive trial lawyers, gun control groups like the Brady Center and antigun politicians, and would eventually have …Read the Rest

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