On January 31st, the Senate Ways & Means Committee will hear Senate Bill 5078, to allow anti-gun zealots to bankrupt the firearm industry with frivolous lawsuits. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE SB 5078.
The National Rifle Association is helping fight this hot rush to oppression. Click here for the NRA Action link.
Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to oppose SB 5078 by taking their position for the legislative record and with in-person, remote, or written testimony. Click here to take present your opposition directly to the state legislative committee.
If Senate Bill 5078 is enacted. it will undermine the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) and subject licensed firearm manufacturers and sellers to frivolous lawsuits brought to recover damages for the criminal misuse of their products.
Protecting the firearms industry, like other lawful industries, is necessary because our legal system generally does not punish anyone for the criminal actions of others. This bill plainly seeks to sue the firearms industry out of existence in the state of Washington.
The firearms industry supplies thousands of jobs in Washington state. The excise tax on the sale and purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories produces millions of dollars for conservation in our state. This bill will eliminate thousands of jobs and deprive the state of millions of dollars annually.
But mainly SB5078 is an attack on our right to be armed, whether for self-defense or to underwrite democracy in our state.
It is apparent the sole purpose of this bill is to expose a law abiding industry to lawsuit. This will cause the industry to be punished for acts they did not do. This is in violation of the foundation of good law: that only the guilty should be punished. Also it makes no sense. Therefor it will be used to terrorize the innocent.
The state legislature has an obligation not to complicate self-defense.
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Also a current read WA Gun control bill - waiting periods and mandatory training
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