Heidi Li Feldman, ‘What It Takes to Write Statutes that Hold the Firearms Industry Accountable to Civil Justice’

steve on 28 February 2024 — Leave a Comment

ABSTRACT
This Essay defends statutes creating public nuisance and consumer protection causes of action against firearms industry actors for their failure to take reasonable measures to control the flow of their products to criminal users. Such laws are predicate statutes under PLCAA and do not infringe the Second Amendment.

Heidi Li Feldman, What It Takes to Write Statutes that Hold the Firearms Industry Accountable to Civil Justice, 133 Yale Law Journal Forum 717 (2023-2024). Published 27 February 2024.

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