BY JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Illinois State Representative Margaret Croke file HB4156 today, which would make firearms manufacturers and dealers (including people who legally sell firearms) financially responsible for injuries or deaths which results from the unlawful discharge of a firearm in the State. Synopsis As Introduced: Creates the Firearms
BY JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) –
Illinois State Representative Margaret Croke file HB4156 today, which would make firearms manufacturers and dealers (including people who legally sell firearms) financially responsible for injuries or deaths which results from the unlawful discharge of a firearm in the State.
Synopsis As Introduced:
Creates the Firearms Dealer and Importer Liability Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Protecting Heartbeats Act. Provides that any manufacturer, importer, or dealer of a firearm shall be held strictly liable for any bodily injury or death if the bodily injury or death proximately results from the unlawful discharge of the firearm in the State. Allows any person, other than an officer or employee of a State or local governmental entity, to bring a civil action against any person or entity who violates the Act. Requires the court to award a prevailing claimant: (1) injunctive relief; (2) statutory damages in an amount of not less than $10,000 for each individual injured or killed by a firearm that the defendant manufactured, imported, or dealt; and (3) costs and attorney’s fees. Provides for various limitations.
This Bill, which will hopefully never see the light of day, also strips a plethora of defenses from any Defendant who is accused under this Bill should it become law.
It even strips a Court’s power to find it inconsistent with the Second Amendment unless certain strict conditions are proven.
But it exempts firearms/dealers/manufacturers if the firearm was originally distributed to government entities or government employees from suit if the firearm was originally distributed to them in their official capacity.
Croke is also a co-sponsor of the anti-First Amendment HB4151.
At least she is sponsoring them in numerical order…
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Linda Andre
Posted at 14:17h, 28 September
ReplyDoes that mean that auto companies would also be held responsible if someone is killed in or by a car??
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Be Safe
Posted at 08:31h, 29 September
ReplyGreat point. We should make gun ownership more like car ownership. You need to pass a test that you are qualified to operate a vehicle and renew that license every fee years. You should be required to keep liability insurance on your gun to pay for damages. There should be a register of who owns guns. And you lose the right if you conduct yourself in an unsafe manner or injure others. Great idea.
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RORY STEIDL
Posted at 14:31h, 28 September
ReplyI’m sick and tired of these activist legislators trying to rid the USA of firearms while they do nothing to combat the underlying crime problem that is perpetuated not by legal firearms/owners/manufacturers but by felons who steal and sell firearms to the predators who use them on the streets. These irrational legislators are either foolish or perhaps they are crazy like a fox with a plan to abolish firearm ownership with their punitive legislation. It amazes me how far left this country has gone and how far some have allowed it to go for fear of being labeled “intolerant”, a “racist”, or any other falsely applied derogatory term they use to try to intimidate rational, law-abiding people.
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Tony
Posted at 15:48h, 28 September
ReplyClearly this means they’re going to go after gang gun dealers right? /s
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Mags
Posted at 17:08h, 28 September
ReplyAnd why does this not apply to the Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Astra Zeneca for the jabs? No liability for them?
These people are out of control.
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Dennis Finegan
Posted at 20:45h, 28 September
ReplyThis is going too far, even for me. I don’t particularly like guns, but liability belongs with the user, unless the product is defective. Why doesn’t MAGS find out if the drug houses can be sued if they die. Probably not – why make drugs if you have to spend every penny defending yourself in court?
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PK
Posted at 22:44h, 28 September
ReplyIts discouraging that an Illinois legislator would file such an obtuse bill, also referred to as the “Protecting Heatbeats Act.” If this bill were anymore unusual; or anymore illogical, ammunition (bullet) manufacturers and sellers would be saddled with their fair share of the ‘liability.”
Linda Andre
Posted at 14:17h, 28 September
Reply
Does that mean that auto companies would also be held responsible if someone is killed in or by a car??
Be Safe
Posted at 08:31h, 29 September
Reply
Great point. We should make gun ownership more like car ownership. You need to pass a test that you are qualified to operate a vehicle and renew that license every fee years. You should be required to keep liability insurance on your gun to pay for damages. There should be a register of who owns guns. And you lose the right if you conduct yourself in an unsafe manner or injure others. Great idea.
RORY STEIDL
Posted at 14:31h, 28 September
Reply
I’m sick and tired of these activist legislators trying to rid the USA of firearms while they do nothing to combat the underlying crime problem that is perpetuated not by legal firearms/owners/manufacturers but by felons who steal and sell firearms to the predators who use them on the streets. These irrational legislators are either foolish or perhaps they are crazy like a fox with a plan to abolish firearm ownership with their punitive legislation. It amazes me how far left this country has gone and how far some have allowed it to go for fear of being labeled “intolerant”, a “racist”, or any other falsely applied derogatory term they use to try to intimidate rational, law-abiding people.
Tony
Posted at 15:48h, 28 September
Reply
Clearly this means they’re going to go after gang gun dealers right? /s
Dave
Posted at 16:11h, 28 September
Reply
UNCONSTITUTIONAL INFRINGEMENT
Mags
Posted at 17:08h, 28 September
Reply
And why does this not apply to the Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Astra Zeneca for the jabs? No liability for them?
These people are out of control.
Dennis Finegan
Posted at 20:45h, 28 September
Reply
This is going too far, even for me. I don’t particularly like guns, but liability belongs with the user, unless the product is defective. Why doesn’t MAGS find out if the drug houses can be sued if they die. Probably not – why make drugs if you have to spend every penny defending yourself in court?
PK
Posted at 22:44h, 28 September
Reply
Its discouraging that an Illinois legislator would file such an obtuse bill, also referred to as the “Protecting Heatbeats Act.” If this bill were anymore unusual; or anymore illogical, ammunition (bullet) manufacturers and sellers would be saddled with their fair share of the ‘liability.”