Gary Hart: “Having lost the fight in Congress and in the States to deny the rights of law-abiding firearm owners and to prevent…”

“Having lost the fight in Congress and in the States to deny the rights of law-abiding firearm owners and to prevent firearm ownership in general, the gun control lobby has pursued a novel path. They have begun to abuse the courts by filing frivolous lawsuits, which wastes time and money in attempts to ruin law-abiding manufacturers and dealers of lawful firearms. In fact, the city of Boston has already voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against the firearms industry, stating that during the litigation the city has learned that members of the firearm industry have a long-standing commitment to reducing firearm accidents and to reducing criminal misuse of firearms; and also stating that the city and the industry have now concluded that their common goals can be best achieved through mutual cooperation and communication rather than through litigation, which has been expensive to both industry and taxpayers, time consuming, and distracting in this time of national crisis. This amendment strikes at the specific negligence language and replaces it allowing any suit for general negligence, which is undefined in the amendment. This amendment guts the bill, Mr. Chairman.”