Think Progress’ Igor Volsky’s embarked on an anti-gun rant earlier today. In one stage of his whiny diatribe, Volsky claimed that legislation signed by President Bush in 2005 gave “immunity” to the gun industry.
A photo of George W. Bush signing 2005 law protecting gun industry from liability. It was @NRA's #1 priority. pic.twitter.com/GyoUqxtBu0
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) January 10, 2016
59 House Democrats and 14 Senate Democrats voted for this immunity https://t.co/ZXHMQghql2
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) January 10, 2016
Townhall editor Katie Pavlich didn’t allow Volksy’s claims to go unchecked.
Fact check: It's not an immunity, gun industry is responsible for bad products, not responsible for bad people @igorvolsky @NRA
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) January 10, 2016
Exactly. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act was intended to provide legal relief for companies whose products were misused by others. In other words, a manufacturer couldn’t be held liable for a criminal act carried out with its product. There is a big difference between misuse and a faulty product. As Pavlich very effectively points out, this could apply to a wide array of industries.
So do you believe car dealers should be responsible when drunk drivers kill? Stop lying about immunity that doesn't exist @igorvolsky
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) January 10, 2016
Not that we would want such a fact to get in the way of a politically-driven, baseless attack.
@KatiePavlich @igorvolsky I can't imagine this clown has a rebuttal to your tweet bc there isn't one.
— Jake Miles (@mjmiles5) January 10, 2016
Nope, there sure isn’t.
