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Why do gun-makers get special economic protection?

  • Written by Allen Rostron, Associate Dean for Students and William R. Jacques Constitutional Law Scholar and Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Why do gun-makers get special economic protection?A line of AR-15s are on display at gunmaker Daniel Defense in Georgia.AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane

The gun industry is one of very few industries to have congressionally backed immunity from liabilty.

As a result, it’s been largely shielded from responsibility for the deaths and injuries its products cause, with few exceptions.

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