For 25 years, gunmakers have repeatedly tried to end one city’s lawsuit over illegal gun sales. Meanwhile, illicit purchases of firearms continued at an unrelenting and hazardous pace.
I can see both sides of the argument, going after the retailers is a good idea, but the manufacturers themselves have no say in who the firearm is sold to once it gets to the FFL. Punish the retailers, not the manufacturers.
Manufacturers do have a say in who it is advertised to and have been caught knowingly selling to dealers who they know are selling guns to people who are not eligible.
Technically as covered in this article every sale was to a legal purchaser. The problem is they were buying on behalf of someone who cannot. This is not something the manufacturers can control.
I can see both sides of the argument, going after the retailers is a good idea, but the manufacturers themselves have no say in who the firearm is sold to once it gets to the FFL. Punish the retailers, not the manufacturers.
Manufacturers do have a say in who it is advertised to and have been caught knowingly selling to dealers who they know are selling guns to people who are not eligible.
Technically as covered in this article every sale was to a legal purchaser. The problem is they were buying on behalf of someone who cannot. This is not something the manufacturers can control.
Yeah, but it seems awful sketch when manufacturers make something like the Colt 1911 Presidente chambered in 38…
38 is a common enough caliber, people want the 1911 form factor in 38, I say give it to them.
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Gun manufacturers are infallible
The manufacturers ate the ones paying the gun lobbies to ensure that the trade in guns goes on unabated. Of course they need to be “punished”. Sheesh
The manufacturers are making the weapons, the dealers are selling and advertising them. Sheesh