Repeal Gun Industry Immunity
What does it solve?
The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) blocks legal responsibility for gun manufacturers that have failed to innovate and make guns safer, and for manufacturers, distributors, and dealers with irresponsible, reckless and negligent sales practices that contribute to the flood of illegal firearms in our communities.
Since PLCAA passed in 2005, not a single gun manufacturer accused of negligence has gone to trial. The gun industry’s broad immunity from legal accountability must be repealed.
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Which states have rejected legal immunity for the gun industry?
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Alabama has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Alaska has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Arizona has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Arkansas has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
California has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- Yes
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Colorado has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- Yes
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Connecticut has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- No
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Delaware has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- Yes
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Florida has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Georgia has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Hawaii has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- Yes
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Idaho has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Illinois has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- Yes
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Indiana has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Iowa has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Kansas has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Kentucky has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Louisiana has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Maine has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Maryland has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- Yes
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Massachusetts has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- No
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Michigan has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Minnesota has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- No
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Mississippi has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Missouri has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Montana has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Nebraska has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Nevada has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
New Hampshire has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
New Jersey has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- Yes
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
New Mexico has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- No
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
New York has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- Yes
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
North Carolina has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
North Dakota has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Ohio has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Oklahoma has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Oregon has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- No
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Pennsylvania has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Rhode Island has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- No
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
South Carolina has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- No
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
South Dakota has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Tennessee has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Texas has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Utah has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Vermont has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- No
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Virginia has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- No
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Washington has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- Yes
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
West Virginia has not adopted this policy
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Wisconsin has adopted this policy
- Does the law proactively give gun violence survivors access to justice?
- No
No Special Immunity for Gun Industry
Wyoming has not adopted this policy
Myth & Fact
Myth
Criminals are responsible for their crimes, not the gun industry.
Fact
The gun industry is responsible for its choices in how it makes and sells its products but PLCAA provides a broad shield against most legal accountability.
How it works
The gun industry should adhere to the same rules as every other industry and be held accountable when its actions result in harm.
An extraordinary law has provided gun manufacturers and sellers who skirt the law with a unique, broad immunity from legal accountability. The PLCAA gives gun industry members a shield from the lawsuits that are most often used in the United States to hold businesses accountable for products or practices that harm people. PLCAA blocks legal responsibility for gun manufacturers that have failed to innovate and make guns safer, and for manufacturers, distributors and dealers with irresponsible, reckless and negligent sales practices that contribute to the flood of illegal firearms in our communities.
In 2005, at the strong urging of the gun lobby, Congress passed PLCAA, one of the biggest giveaways to private industry in American history. It gives gun manufacturers and sellers more protection from litigation than makers of cars or tobacco products. While PLCAA has narrow exceptions, it bars the civil lawsuits that are most often used to hold industries accountable.