Hutchison: This is a complete substitute for the bill, and guts it. It does exactly the opposite of the bill's purpose. Reed mentioned some terrible situations, regarding the DC snipers, and said they would not be able to sue the dealer. In fact he was found to have violated the laws, and his license was revoked. Under our bill, those people would be able to sue. Everything we have been working on all day would be reversed under this amdt. We're not here to bar legit lawsuits, for malfunctions. We're trying to stop gun mfgs for having answer lawsuit after lawsuit for criminal use of their product. Calls for seeing through Reed amdt.
Reed: S.397 would prevent AG or State Legislature from authorizing suit, etc. Same complaints.