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Committee reviews amendment to limit product‑liability suits over optional firearm features; SIG Sauer urges change
Summary
Senators heard an amendment intended to curb product‑liability litigation over optional firearm safety features, presented by Senator Bill Gannon and supported by representatives of SIG Sauer.
Senators heard an amendment intended to curb product‑liability litigation over optional safety features on firearms, a measure presented by Senator Bill Gannon with testimony from Bobby Cox of SIG Sauer.
“Just because they don't have those optional features does not make the gun ... defective,” Bobby Cox, vice president of government affairs for SIG Sauer, told the committee while describing a recent wave of litigation the company said targets firearms made in New Hampshire.
The amendment would narrow the circumstances under which a manufacturer could be found…
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