[arcticbull]

I don't think it's so cut and dried. For instance, if you sell a defective gun, and that gun kills the shooter instead of the target, you can certainly be assigned responsibility. Liability doesn't end when something is in someone else's hands. Selling something you know is dangerous, than you know can harm, brings with it is own liability -- contaminated lettuce for instance.

There are a number of implied warranties made when a transaction occurs. [1]

[1] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/implied-warranty.asp

[catalogia]

American gun manufacturers, like pretty much any other manufacturer, can indeed be sued if their product is defective. For example: Remington has caught a lot of heat for defective triggers in their Model 700 series rifles.

When people say American gun manufacturers can't be sued, they're talking about the PLCAA, which shields gun manufacturers from lawsuits concerning guns they made being used in crimes. The PLCAA does not prevent them from being sued for defective products.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_of_Lawful_Commerce_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Model_700#Controvers...

[cthalupa]

>American gun manufacturers, like pretty much any other manufacturer, can indeed be sued if their product is defective.

The parent is explicitly calling out that gun manufacturers can be sued for defects in the product, and as such the idea that manufacturer liability ends after they have sold the product is patently false.