Analysis: Congress gave gunmakers immunity from lawsuits. But what will the Supreme Court say?
that the estates of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre could sue the manufacturer of the assault rifle used by the man who murdered them under state law because it advertised its product in a manner that could promote mass shootings, such as its slogan, “Forces of opposition, bow down. You are single-handedly outnumbered.”to overturn the decision.
More recently, tobacco companies paid hundreds of billions of dollars in settlements and agreed to broad limits on their advertising in order to settle cases brought by over 40 states. At the time, this looked like a good deal for Smith & Wesson. Gun manufacturers faced suits from the city of Chicago and other state and federal lawsuits. Facing the potential of massive liability, agreeing to modest reforms was good business.
while gun manufacturers and dealers can still be held liable for defective products, the law immunizes them from the type of wide-ranging lawsuits that brought the tobacco industry to heel.
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