GOP AGs UNITE TO PROTECT GUN MAKERS FROM NY’S “NATIONAL” THREAT
Two dozen Republican state attorneys general are backing gun manufacturers in legal battles in New York, including in one case directly challenging New York Attorney General Letitia James’ role in attempting to expand liability against the manufacturers.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led the states in filing amicus briefs Monday in lawsuits brought by Buffalo and Rochester, as well as one brought against James’ office, all of which center on New York’s effort to hold gun makers and sellers accountable for gun violence under a state public nuisance law. The AGs argued New York was infringing on a federal law that protects the firearms industry from liability and that the cases carry national implications.
In a plot twist worthy of a daytime soap, two dozen Republican state attorneys general – apparently moonlighting as the gun lobby’s legal pit crew – have decided that New York AG Letitia James’ crusade to hold gun manufacturers accountable for the shooting mess is a federal crime against the Second Amendment and, worse, the sacred art of avoiding responsibility. Led by Montana's Austin Knudsen, who has somehow found time between rodeos and manly beard grooming to wage a one-man war against what he calls a “blue state takeover,” these AGs argue that James is scheming to bankrupt gun-makers with envy-inducing zeal, a felony obviously punishable by amicus briefs and righteous indignation on Fox News Digital. Because nothing says “states’ rights” like a coalition of states uniting to make sure the NRA’s favorite entrepreneurs stay unscathed in a sea of bullets and public nuisance laws.
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