Angie Craig: “last year, we promised the cosponsors of this legislation that we would return to this issue and seek a fair opportunity…”

“last year, we promised the cosponsors of this legislation that we would return to this issue and seek a fair opportunity to consider a bill free of any poison pill amendments. Thanks to the leadership of Senator Frist and the cooperation of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle, that day has come. This bill will end an outrageous abuse of our courts and law-abiding American businesses. This bill will not prevent a single victim from obtaining relief for wrongs done to them by anyone in the gun industry. S. 397 will only stop one narrowly-drawn kind of lawsuit: predatory lawsuits seeking to hold legitimate, law-abiding businesses responsible for harm done by the misdeeds of people over whom they had no control. We called this bill the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms. That is precisely what it is designed to do--to protect lawful commerce in the firearms that supply our nation's military and peace officers, and the millions of law-abiding citizens who acquire guns as collectors, hunters, target shooters, or for self-defense. I am pleased that the Senate will shortly be voting on this legislation, but before we do, let me express my thanks to a number of people who made this possible.…”