Colorado Democrats look to make gun manufacturers liable for damage done by assault-style weapons

When Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper meets with National Rifle Association president David Keene on Thursday, they will have plenty to talk about.

On Tuesday, Colorado Democrats unveiled a sweeping package of gun-control legislation that even some Democrats think goes too far, according to the Denver Post.

Among the measures to be debated in the coming weeks are bans on ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds; universal background checks for all gun purchases, including private transactions; tighter monitoring of potential gun buyers with mental health issues; and — most controversially — a bill that would hold gun companies liable for damage caused by assault-style weapons.

Democrats have a majority in both chambers of the legislature and Republicans have been nervously awaiting their response to the Democratic governor’s call for gun control in the wake of the Aurora theater shootings and the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

But even some Democrats are worried that parts of their package announced Tuesday cross a Second Amendment line.

Holding gun manufacturers liable for injuries “appears to be very overreaching,” Democratic Sen. Cheri Jahn told the Post. “I think that could be on the extreme side.”

It could also conflict with a federal law, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which prevents gun makers from being sued for crimes committed with weapons they produce.

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