Angie Craig: “Let's take the gun dealer in Tacoma, WA who is alleged to have sold to the sniper who held this area hostage for a time…”

“Let's take the gun dealer in Tacoma, WA who is alleged to have sold to the sniper who held this area hostage for a time with a gun. His license has been revoked. There is a criminal investigation, and BATF has asked the Justice Department to file felony charges against the dealer. The business is now closed and broke. In other words, what I am saying is if this licensed gun dealer violated current law, he will be shut down. What we are talking about here again is a narrow piece of legislation that deals with civil liability--not product liability--and in the case of current Federal law it does not touch it. The day in court comes. But what the Senator from Connecticut didn't say is even his own gun manufacturers and their associations in those some 30-plus lawsuits have spent millions and millions of dollars before the court system defending themselves, and to date the judges have thrown them out. This is called ``death through attrition'' by simply taking to the courts and constantly bringing to the courts these kinds of arguments. Here is the reality.”