On guns, Sanders knows when he's beat, but he's right

Early in tonight’s debate, all of the other candidates pounced on Bernie Sanders for his vote on the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. Sanders perceived the futility of trying to explain this to a room full of anti-gun politicians out for his blood, but he has explained it well in the past.

This much-maligned law gets a bad rap. It prevents certain kinds of completely inappropriate lawsuits from being brought against gun manufacturers and dealers, but it does not prevent all lawsuits. This is why the bill received overwhelming support in Congress at the time it passed. Cato’s Walter Olson wrote a much more detailed post on both of these issues in 2013 at The Power Line, which you can read here.