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  1. Forthcoming, Yale Law Journal Forum, by me: a defense of statutes that create public nuisance and consumer protection causes of action against firearms manufacturers for failure to take reasonable measures to control the flow of guns to criminal users. Such laws qualify as predicate statutes under The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (#PLCAA). They neither implicate nor infringe the constitutional right to bear arms. Public access to preprint at drive.google.com/file/d/15PNxb #LawFedi #Bruen

  2. Now available on SSRN, prepublication draft of my forthcoming article, What It Takes to Write Statutes that Hold the Firearms Industry Accountable to Civil Justice at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf
    #LawFedi #guns #law #justice #Bruen #PLCAA #2A

  3. I’ve very quickly sketched how the gun industry and gun zealots have attempted, with great success, to put the gun industry beyond the reach of law. There is nothing in American history or legal precedent that justifies this utterly bizarre situation. 4/4 #LawFedi #GunViolence #2A #PublicNuisance #PLCAA