It's hard to figure what the end game is for statehouse
Democrats who have proposed legislation that would allow gun
manufacturers and sellers to be liable for damage inflicted by
assault weapons.  The immediate problem with the idea, pitched
by Senate President John Morse, is that it clearly conflicts
with existing federal law that does not allow such litigation.
To think that Congress will repeal the Protection of Lawful
Commerce in Arms Act is to engage in fantasy. This Congress will
brawl over whether to enact even the least controversial of gun-
control measures: universal gun background checks. Yet Morse is
counting upon a repeal in tossing the idea out among otherwise
rational measures to address gun violence announced Tuesday at
the state Capitol.  Morse said Tuesday that once people realize
there is a law protecting gun makers and sellers against
liability litigation, there would be a " hue and cry to say,
'That's ridiculous, get rid of that.' "  We think that's wishful
thinking by the Senate preside