As gunmakers flee an increasingly inhospitable environment in blue states, Tennessee lawmakers took action this month to protect the state’s firearms industry from a proliferation of “weaponized” lawsuits.
On April 15, the Tennessee General Assembly passed House Bill 873 / Senate Bill 1360, which shields manufacturers and sellers of guns, ammunition, and other weapons from lawsuits over the criminal misuse of their products by a third party. The legislation was approved by an overwhelming majority in both houses.
Tennessee is the home of manufacturers and sellers such as Beretta USA, Smith & Wesson, TROY Industries, and Barrett Firearms Manufacturing.
“There’s a rabid anti-gun climate, primarily among Democrats, but even other nations that want to be able to fund continuous lawsuits against American firearms manufacturers,” Republican state Rep. Monty…
