Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005.6 The PLCAA protects gun manufacturers and gun sellers from lawsuits when their products are used in a crime. It short circuits the entire tort system and gifts arms dealers a get-out-of-liability-free card. It is quite simply one of the worst laws ever passed, and we know that because when it was passed, Wayne LaPierre—then the head of the NRA—thought it was one of the best. “As of Oct. 20, the Second Amendment is probably in the best shape in this country that it’s been in decades,” he said.
