Editing Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

The '''Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act''' was passed by the U.S. Senate on [[July 29]], 2005, by a vote of 65-31.  On [[October 20]], [[2005]], it was passed by the House of Representatives 283-144.  It was signed into law on [[October 26]], 2005, by President George W. Bush and became Public Law 108-73.

The purpose of the act is to prevent [[firearms]] manufacturers and [[Federal Firearms License|dealers]] from being held liable for crimes committed with their products.  However, both manufacturers and dealers can still be held liable for damages resulting from defective products, breach of contract, criminal misconduct, and other actions for which they are directly responsible. 

A similar measure had been rejected by the Senate on March 2, 2004, after being combined with an extension to the [[assault weapons ban]] into a single piece of legislation. 

The final bill passed only after a <s>placebo</s> amendment was added which mandated safety locks on [[handguns]] and after the assault weapons ban renewal was prevented from being added onto the bill.

==See also==
*[[Gun politics]]

==External links==
*[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-397 Govtrack.us Status report on S 397]

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[[Category:American gun law]]
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