For lawmakers, the answer seems to be to ban guns in general.
After last weekend’s shooting in New York City s Time Square liberal lawmakers wasted little time in calling for additional gun control measures, despite the fact that the Big Apple has some of the strictest laws in gun ownership in the country.
Mayor Bill de Blasio called for Congress to enact additional gun control measures and said, “We need Congress to help us to stop the flow of guns into New York City.”
It is unclear if the gun used by alleged shooter 31-year-old Farrakhan Muhammad had been legally purchased, but it is unlikely as Muhammad had past run-ins with law enforcement, including an arrest last year on assault charges. With such a rap sheet Muhammad would have been unlikely to legally own a firearm.
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The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, or PLCAA, means that it’s against federal law to sue a gun manufacturer for what a third party does with one of their firearms. It’s also a fairly controversial law because anti-gunners love to sue firearm makers for stuff beyond their control.
Only, they can’t.
Now, though, New York is trying an end-around on the law, and it’s gaining steam.
Legislation that would hold firearms manufacturers accountable for gun violence is gaining traction as new polling shows bipartisan support among New Yorkers.
Sen. Zellnor Myrie (D-Brooklyn) unveiled a bill last year that would amend the state’s criminal nuisance law to include the sale or manufacture of products that endanger people’s health or safety, enabling New Yorkers to sue companies or individuals who violate the statute.
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