Frank Lautenberg: “returning to the gun immunity bill that is being presented, this is legislation that is being bullied through the…”

“returning to the gun immunity bill that is being presented, this is legislation that is being bullied through the Congress. I have been here a long time, now going into my 20th year. This is one of the most outrageous pieces of legislation I have ever seen. We have never seen such a complete sellout. This is like a fire sale to a special interest lobby. The bill is absolutely a free pass. It says to the gun industry: Do anything you want, and you have no one who can punish you by going to our court system, established effectively by our Constitution. They can do whatever they want, no matter how negligent, reckless, or irresponsible. Of all the people in society to provide special protections to, why in the world would we give immunity from redress to this industry? This immunity bill says even reckless behavior--forget about negligence. Negligence says I didn't mean to do it, but I didn't check on the process. Reckless behavior could be deliberate. There could be reckless behavior in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of guns. No matter how destructive the result is to life and limb of innocent people, the victims of that conduct cannot hold you accountable. It just does not make sense.”