@cicerone imposter,
Quote:Clinton, whose husband as president successfully pushed for a 10-year ban on assault-type weapons, has advocated renewing that ban. She's also called for measures to ensure background checks are completed before a gun sale goes forward, mandating such checks for gun-show sales and repealing a law that shields gun manufacturers from liability.
A ban on assault rifles, there is no such thing as an assault rife, is still a restriction on the 2nd Amendment. The last one didn't do anything to curb gun violence since the majority of gun violence is done by pistols and not "assault rifles".
A vast majority of states already have background checks for gun shows, besides this should be done on a state by state basis, no reason for the feds to get involved. Here in CO you get a background check done at gun shows. Private sales should be a different matter.
Quote:repealing a law that shields gun manufacturers from liability.
This has to be the biggest lie so far. There is no such thing as them being released from liability. What Clinton dodges around is that fact that people can't sue gun manufactures when someone uses their gun in an criminal manner, such as a mass shooting. She wants people to be able to sue the manufacture. Should we make the same changes to the laws for cars or any other product that is sold? Someone goes on a spree of running people over with a truck and the truck manufacture gets sued for it?
What does happen is this: if the gun was produced and blows up in your face while using it and injuries you, then you can still sue for liability for a faulty product.