Angie Craig: “Negligent entrustment: In subparagraph (a)(2), the term ``negligent entrustment'' means the supplying of a qualified…”

“Negligent entrustment: In subparagraph (a)(2), the term ``negligent entrustment'' means the supplying of a qualified product by a supplier for use by another person when the supplier knows or should know-- That is very important. --the person to whom the product is supplied is likely to and does use the product in a manner involving unreasonable risk of physical injury to the person or to others. What are we trying to do here? Again, I have said time and time again over the last 24 hours it is a very narrow exception, but to entrust us to a century of tort law that says innocent parties are not guilty nor should they be swept into lawsuits if they have met certain standards of the law--in this case, licensed gun dealers and manufacturers. Did the folks up at Bull's Eye in Tacoma meet those standards? We don't know. But I will tell you the BATF pulled their Federal firearms license. There is an investigation underway. If they lost that many firearms and they didn't notice it and they didn't report it, I am not an attorney, but I have to assume they have a big violation on their hands.”