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The US is known as one of the most litigious countries in the world, and in recent years there’s been a new effort to apply that reputation to one of the nation’s most vexing problems: gun violence.

In the absence of political change to tackle the US’s epidemic of gun violence, survivors of mass shootings have been launching multimillion-dollar lawsuits against gunmakers, gun dealers, tech companies and the federal government for their failure to protect them.

While suits against the gun industry have happened before, their increased use now is, in part, due to the rise of large, well-resourced violence-prevention groups backing them as a tool for change – to shift the narrative about who bears responsibility for mass shootings, and to force the gun industry, social media companies and the federal government to shift their practices.

“The lawsuits are created because we can’t get anything done at the state, local or federal levels, so we go for the manufacturers,” said Dion Green, who survived a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, in 2019. “No one likes when their money gets attacked.”

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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

culminating in 2005, when then president George W Bush signed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), which attempts to insulate the gun industry from civil liability after their products are used in shootings.

Trust Republicans to fuck over the little guy in favour of protecting their Parasite-Class buddies and the revenue streams that keep them obscenely wealthy.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

The PLCAA offers basic protections against nuisance lawsuits. Much like one shouldn't sue Makita for a crazy murdering someone with a sawzall, one shouldn't sue S&W for a crazy murdering someone with a gun.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Shrubs were some of the worst US leaders ever, second only to Reagan and his trickle down bs.

[–] NoNotLikeThat@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Reagan was the worst. He should have saved his trickle down nonsense for the throat-goat.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'd say Jackson was the worst what with the literal genocide, but Reagan is definitely the second-worse.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

It started with Nixon though.