Heidi Li FeldmanTo understand the horrendous volume of mass shootings in the U.S., it is imperative to appreciate how the expiration of the last federal assault weapons ban freed gun manufacturers to push AR-15s into common usage. Here’s gift access to recent reporting on this, published in today’s Washington Post before the episode in #Nashville. https://wapo.st/40lZWh4 1/ (short thread) #GunViolence #GunIndustry
Meanwhile, the current Supreme Court continues its radical reinterpretation of the Second Amendment in ways that will make it harder for Congress and state legislatures to ban or otherwise regulate the sale of semiautomatic rifles and revolvers and the accessories used to heighten their lethality. 2/
Furthermore, gun manufacturers and the groups that lobby and litigate on their behalf are aiming to further throttle civil accountability by arguing that violations of public nuisance laws may not be used as a basis to bring some lawsuits within a clear exception to the otherwise broad ban, implemented by #PLCAA, on suits against gun manufacturers who cause mass murders by marketing their guns to civilians particularly likely to use them to commit this sort of violence. 3/
I’ve very quickly sketched how the gun industry and gun zealots have attempted, with great success, to put the gun industry beyond the reach of law. There is nothing in American history or legal precedent that justifies this utterly bizarre situation. 4/4 #LawFedi #GunViolence #2A #PublicNuisance #PLCAA