The American firearms industry is now under the most concerted, cynical legal attack in the history of American jurisprudence. This doesn't just endanger your Second Amendment right-it also threatens to dismantle the checks and balances that uphold our democracy and could ultimately cost innocent lives. Before you weigh the dangers, consider how cynical and dishonest that is.
Firearms are among the most regulated of any product.
From the manufacturer to the importer, wholesaler, retailer and ultimate consumer, the federal government already licenses, taxes, regulates and inspects the U.S. firearms industry more than almost any other. Yet now, after putting their stamp of approval on that industry for most of a century, federal officials want to file lawsuits based on the politically motivated claim that gunmakers are responsible for crime. HUD has a horrendous history of mismanagement and inefficiency and can't even keep light bulbs in stairwells, much less keep residents safe. Yet now it has the temerity to force local housing authorities to wage their political gambit-and squander your taxes on lawsuits instead of law enforcement. It's a sham.