That is my view entirely. That is what this legislation will accomplish. It will not only prospectively provide barriers to the courts for victims of negligence like this, but it will reach back and protect these individuals who apparently--at least arguably--were negligent in not properly controlling over 230 weapons, not just the one the snipers used, which disappeared.
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