City lawsuits that Sanders voted to prevent had impact on gun makers
The primary city lawsuit claim was based on long-established law: The manufacturers’ marketing and distribution practices created or contributed to a public nuisance, defined for hundreds of years as an unreasonable interference with public health or safety. Since the claim is solely focused on the marketing and distribution conduct of handgun manufacturers, it did not limit individual rights to buy or possess handguns. It steered clear of the Second Amendment.
Whistleblowers confirmed the obvious: The manufacturers knew their marketing practices made handguns easily available yet did nothing to alleviate the danger and harm. Smith & Wesson, the largest domestic manufacturer, settled, agreeing to change its marketing and distribution practices.
The manufacturers and the National Rifle Association went to Congress and state legislatures seeking protection from the city lawsuits in the form of broadly framed, retroactive legislative immunities. About half of the lawsuits were terminated by state legislative immunities. Of the remaining cases, about half got past the initial stages — doing better than the state tobacco lawsuits at comparable stages — but were terminated by Congress’ immunity in 2005.
The result is that gun manufacturers, and only gun manufacturers, are not subject to otherwise available civil legal claims if they knowingly supply crime-prone distribution channels or engage in other conduct covered by the immunity that is usually civilly actionable. This was not tort reform legislation; no other industry, company, or individual is immune.
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It had nothing to do with marketing.
Someone can put a hot cup of coffee between their legs in a moving car, get burned and then sue and win. But one Aurora family who lost a love one tries to sue the gun manufacturer, case is thrown out because of this bullshit bill, and THEY have to pay $200,000 in legal fees to the Defense.
What a great country we live in. 
