President Joe Biden targeted makers of AR-15s and other firearms Democrats label “assault weapons,” calling on Sunday for the ability to file lawsuits against such manufacturers.
Biden used social media to broadcast his view:
Biden claimed gun makers enjoy immunity from lawsuits during his campaign for the presidency and he continues to repeat that claim now.
But CNN fact-checked Biden’s ongoing “immunity” claim last week and pointed out that the law he wants to repeal, the Protection o Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCCA), does not shield gun makers from all lawsuits.
CNN noted: “Gun manufacturers are not entirely exempt from being sued, nor are they the only industry with some liability protections. Notably, there are significant liability protections for vaccine manufacturers and, at present, for people and entities involved in making, distributing or administering Covid-19 countermeasures such as vaccines, tests and treatments.”
On March 1, 2022, Breitbart News fact-checked Biden’s “immunity” claim, as it applies to gun makers, also pointing out that PLCCA does not shield gun makers from lawsuits over defective products.
Rather, it is designed to shield them from frivolous lawsuits over crimes committed with guns that were legally made and legally sold.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010, a speaker at the 2023 Western Conservative Summit, and he holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.