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The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) is a United States law which protects firearms manufacturers and dealers from being held liable when crimes have been 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 in much the same manner that any U.S. based manufacturer of consumer products are held responsible. They may also be held liable for negligence when they have reason to know a gun is intended for use in a crime. The PLCAA is codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 7901-7903. ==Background== After years of unsuccessful attempts to legislate gun control, proponents of gun control attempted to coerce gun manufacturers and dealers into voluntarily implementing some measures to avoid lawsuits that could put them out of business.〔Munoz, S. (Why Isn't The Media Discussing The Unprecedented Law Giving Gun Makers And Dealers Immunity? ) Media Matters, December 19, 2012.〕 In 1998, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley sued gun makers and dealers saying "We are going to hit them where it hurts, in the wallet". 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chicago Sues Gun-makers And Retailers The Lawsuit Says Firearms Create A Deadly Public Nuisance. It Follows A Recent Filing By New Orleans. )〕 In 2000 Smith and Wesson, facing several state and federal lawsuits, signed an agreement brokered by President Bill Clinton, in which the company voluntarily agreed to implementing various measures in order to settle the suits.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CLINTON ADMINISTRATION REACHES HISTORIC AGREEMENTWITH SMITH AND WESSON )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HUD Archives: Agreement Between Smith && Wesson and the Departments of the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development, Local Governments and States )〕 The agreement required Smith and Wesson to only sell guns through dealers that complied with the restrictions on all guns sold regardless of manufacturer, thus potentially having a much wider potential impact than just Smith and Wesson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Smith & Wesson FAQ )〕 HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo was quoted as saying that gun manufacturers that did not comply would suffer "death by a thousand cuts", and Eliott Spitzer said that those who didn't cooperate would have bankruptcy lawyers "knocking at your door". 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Rule of Lawyers )〕 In January of 2005, New York City passed a law allowing lawsuits against gun manufacturers and dealers that did not voluntarily implement certain gun control measures. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gotham Gazette )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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