The NRA's Role in the Gun Industry

In the 1990s, more than 40 US cities filed lawsuits against gun manufacturers spurred on by a surge in violent crime. The NRA used their lobbying arm to launch a campaign that got Senator Larry Craig of Idaho and representative Cliff Sterns of Florida to propose legislation which would end all pending litigation against gun companies. In October 2005, he signed the PLCAA and a law which blocked lawsuits from seeking damages on gun industry companies for unlawful use of a firearm.