We are going to vigorously attack the law in courts, ... Congress has no power to retroactively deprive people of their rights.
This is the United States Congress stepping in and saying these victims cannot get any kind of relief, even though their claims have already been recognized to be valid.
If we can childproof medicine bottles, why can't we childproof guns?
Under the Louisiana product liability statute, a manufacturer can be held liable for damage caused by a product that is unreasonably dangerous in design.
This bill is an unprecedented attack on the due process rights of victims injured by the misconduct of an industry that seeks to escape the legal rules that govern the rest of us. We believe state and federal courts across this nation are prepared to strike it down.
The Congress can pass it. The President can sign it. But this shameful law will not stand, ... We will challenge the constitutionality of this special- interest extravaganza in every court where the rights of gun violence victims are being threatened.
Such an egregious piece of special-interest legislation, it is almost shameless.
[But critics say the Senate bill goes overboard in its attempt to block frivolous suits.] It completely eliminates the right to sue in the vast majority of cases, ... It goes right to the heart of our civil liability system.
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