Bill Text: TX HCR60 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Urging Congress to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Community Safety, Select [HCR60 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HCR60-Introduced.html
  88R13251 CJM-F
 
  By: Morales of Harris H.C.R. No. 60
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, Federal law protects firearms manufacturers and
  dealers from being held liable when crimes have been committed with
  their products; and
         WHEREAS, The foundational premise of American law is that
  victims of harm may seek redress in court against wrongdoers, and in
  every state a business or an individual can be sued for negligence
  when their conduct lacks reasonable care that foreseeably results
  in harm to others; and
         WHEREAS, There were more than 4,000 gun-related deaths in
  Texas in 2020, and gun violence in Texas costs $16.6 billion per
  year; more guns are purchased in Texas than in any other state, and
  Texans purchased more than 1.6 million guns in 2021, about one gun
  for every 14 adults in the state; Texas leads the United States in
  the number of firearm mortalities, and from 1999 to 2000, 4,090
  Texas children died from gun-related injuries; and
         WHEREAS, Texas also leads the nation in mass shootings; on
  May 24, 2022, 19 school children and 2 teachers were murdered during
  the attack on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, where the attacker
  used a weapon manufactured by Daniel Defense; and
         WHEREAS, Gun manufacturers like Daniel Defense advertise
  their product to children and young men using incendiary marketing
  that appeal to consumers based on hyper-masculinity, sexuality, and
  militarism; like many other firearm companies, Daniel Defense also
  sought placement of its products in movies and video games; the
  company took special pride in alerting its followers to the
  appearance of one of its DDM4 V7 rifles, the same weapon that would
  be used in the murders at Robb Elementary School, in the new Call of
  Duty: Modern Warfare game; and
         WHEREAS, At a 2022 gun industry trade show in Las Vegas, Wee 1
  Tactical used cartoons to market JR-15s (Junior AR-15s) to kids;
  customers flocked to its booth, and the company was named on some
  "best of" show lists; and
         WHEREAS, Six of the nine deadliest mass shootings in the
  United States since 2018 were by people who were 21 or younger, and
  these perpetrators fit in a critical age range--roughly 15 to
  25--that law enforcement officials, researchers, and policy
  experts consider a hazardous crossroads for young men, a period
  when they are in the throes of developmental changes and societal
  pressures that can turn them toward violence in general, and in the
  rarest cases, toward mass shootings; and
         WHEREAS, These horrible tragedies will continue as long as
  gun manufacturers and gun dealers are not held accountable for
  their irresponsible marketing and dangerous advertisements, which
  have helped to provoke some of the worst gun-related violence that
  this state has endured since its inception; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to repeal the
  Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA); and, be it
  further
         RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
  copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
  the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
  Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
  members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
  this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
  memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
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