SB113 (2023) - Civil Actions – Public Nuisances – Firearm Industry Members(Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2023)

[dblas]

SB113 - Civil Actions – Public Nuisances – Firearm Industry Members 3 (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2023)

Sponsor(s): Senators Waldstreicher and Lee

Link to Bill: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0113F.pdf

Synopsis: FOR the purpose of prohibiting certain firearm industry members from knowingly or recklessly creating, maintaining, or contributing to harm to the public through the sale, manufacture, importation, or marketing of a firearm–related product under certain circumstances; requiring a firearm industry member to establish and implement certain reasonable controls regarding the sale, manufacture, importation, distribution, marketing, possession, and use of certain firearm–related products; establishing that a violation of this Act is a public nuisance; authorizing the Attorney General or certain persons to bring an action against a firearm industry member for violations under this Act; and generally relating to civil actions against firearm industry members.

Edit: Bill hearing Tuesday Feb 7, 2023 at 1:00 PM
Location: Senate Judicial Proceedings, Room 2, East Miller Senate Building

 

[Blacksmith101]

Includes ammunition.

 

[dblas]

Updated the OP, a bill hearing date has been st.

Bill hearing Tuesday Feb 7, 2023 at 1:00 PM
Location: Senate Judicial Proceedings, Room 2, East Miller Senate Building

 

[LCPIWB]

Bumping this since hearing is coming up.
As part of my testimony I questioned. "Where is the state's responsibility for issuing a Handgun Qualification License (HQL) to the persons to which the General Assembly is trying to punish the FFL for selling to?"

Fast and Furious much?

 

[Bob A]

I thought the feds had put a stop to lawsuits against the firearms industry for actions by the purchaser?

It's long past the time for laws controlling legislators from creating public nuisances of themselves.

 

[delaware_export]

And the reason… the state does NOT APPROVE people, they NOT DISAPPROVE them. The reason for the perverse wording.

and in New Jersey, they have this on hold for now as it directly confronts the PLCAA … so the same may happen to this bill if passed. We hope.

I thought the feds had put a stop to lawsuits against the firearms industry for actions by the purchaser?

It's long past the time for laws controlling legislators from creating public nuisances of themselves.

Bumping this since hearing is coming up.
As part of my testimony I questioned. "Where is the state's responsibility for issuing a Handgun Qualification License (HQL) to the persons to which the General Assembly is trying to punish the FFL for selling to?"

Fast and Furious much?

 

[pcfixer]

MGA is the public nuisance.

 

[Doctor_M]

MGA is the public nuisance.

Quote of the morning!

 

[Allen65]

I thought the feds had put a stop to lawsuits against the firearms industry for actions by the purchaser?

It's long past the time for laws controlling legislators from creating public nuisances of themselves.

They did. It's the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7901–7903. I believe CA got its pee pee smacked last week over it.

 

[lazarus]

I thought the feds had put a stop to lawsuits against the firearms industry for actions by the purchaser?

It's long past the time for laws controlling legislators from creating public nuisances of themselves.

They did, and recently an appeals court (I think it was appeals and not district) smacked down one of the state. CA IIRC on their public nuisance law. Basically told them to F off, Federal supremacy and the PLCAA takes precedence over their law.

 

[dblas]

Hearing has started but lost video.

 

[Derek]

I can see Sammy Levy Jr.

 

[lockandload]

I think this is my que to get some sleep, i have great confidence that our elected officials will have everything figured out by the time i wake up in tthe morning.

 

[dblas]

Video feed is back up.

 

[dblas]

Discussing federal legislation on product liability.

 

[Derek]

The distributors that traffic guns illegally is the ATF: Fast and Furious.

 

[dblas]

Everytown - Selling guns is not protected by the 2nd Amendment. I believe SCOTUS has said is.

 

[dblas]

Everytown needs to keep this guy, he has no clue.

 

[dblas]

Sen Folden, still rolling with the hard questions. Drugs, cigarrettes, etc. conduct came under federal suites, but not Constitutional behavior.

 

[dblas]

Mr. Levy deflecting the question to how firearms are bought illegally, not how the manufacturer is responsible for the use.