The House voted 57-41 to pass Senate Bill 5078, to allow anti-gun zealots to bankrupt the firearm industry with frivolous lawsuits. The bill now goes back to the Senate for concurrence.
Senate Bill 5078 aims to undermine the 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 simply seeks to set up the firearms industry to be sued out of existence in the state of Washington. The firearms industry supplies thousands of jobs in Washington and the excise tax on the sale and purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories produces millions of dollars for conservation in our state from Pittman-Robertson funds. This bill will eliminate thousands of jobs and deprive the state of millions of dollars annually. Without the firearms industry, the People will not have access to firearms and ammunition and lose the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.
Please contact your state senator and ask them to OPPOSE SB 5078. Link: https://app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/5078. Holding a third party accountable for the acts of another is unfair, and does nothing to address public safety. Please oppose SB 5078.
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