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Because in 2005, shortly after George W. Bush’s reelection, Congress passed a law to protect gun manufacturers from class action lawsuits.
After Las Vegas, This Law Protects Gun Manufacturers
Class action lawsuits had some success in the 1980s and 1990s, so the gun lobby got Congress to pass this fucking thing.
It may also surprise you to know that the CDC is prevented, by another gun-lobby inspired law, from collecting information on gun violence and tracking it as it would any other epidemic.
Congress also passed an assault weapons ban in 1994. It expired in 2004. Congress has not tried to pass another.
This should give our international members some idea of the extent of the problem. This situation didn’t just happen. The gun industry has spent a lot of money protecting itself, and the NRA has spent a lot of money persuading American citizens that what’s good for the gun industry is good for them.
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Because in 2005, shortly after George W. Bush’s reelection, Congress passed a law to protect gun manufacturers from class action lawsuits.
After Las Vegas, This Law Protects Gun Manufacturers
Class action lawsuits had some success in the 1980s and 1990s, so the gun lobby got Congress to pass this fucking thing.
It may also surprise you to know that the CDC is prevented, by another gun-lobby inspired law, from collecting information on gun violence and tracking it as it would any other epidemic.
Congress also passed an assault weapons ban in 1994. It expired in 2004. Congress has not tried to pass another.
This should give our international members some idea of the extent of the problem. This situation didn’t just happen. The gun industry has spent a lot of money protecting itself, and the NRA has spent a lot of money persuading American citizens that what’s good for the gun industry is good for them.
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