(4)
"Member of the firearms industry" means any | 16 |
manufacturer, dealer, or importer of firearms, firearms | 17 |
components, or firearms ammunition or any trade association the | 18 |
members of which, in whole or in part, are
manufacturers,
dealers, | 19 |
or importers
of firearms, firearms components, or
firearms | 20 |
ammunition. | 21 |
(B)(1) Except as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of | 28 |
this section and subject
to
division (C) of this section, a member | 29 |
of the firearms industry is
not liable in damages in, and is not | 30 |
subject to a grant of injunctive relief
in, a tort or other civil | 31 |
action for harm allegedly sustained by any
person as a result of | 32 |
the operation or discharge
of a firearm. Except as provided in | 33 |
divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this
section and subject to
division | 34 |
(C) of this section, a person who allegedly sustains harm
as a | 35 |
result of the operation or discharge of a firearm or that person's | 36 |
personal representative does not
have a claim for relief against, | 37 |
and may not recover damages or injunctive
relief in a tort or | 38 |
other civil action
against, a member of
the firearms industry | 39 |
based upon that harm. | 40 |
(2) A member of the firearms industry forfeits the immunity | 41 |
from
civil liability and injunctive relief conferred by division | 42 |
(B)(1) of
this section if the
member of the firearms industry | 43 |
operates or discharges the firearm
that results in the harm that | 44 |
is the basis of the claim for relief
in the tort or other civil | 45 |
action in a manner that constitutes negligence,
willful or wanton | 46 |
misconduct, or intentionally tortious conduct or
that constitutes | 47 |
a criminal violation of law. | 48 |
(3) A member of the firearms industry forfeits the immunity | 49 |
from civil
liability and injunctive relief conferred by division | 50 |
(B)(1) of this
section if the member
of the firearms industry | 51 |
sells, lends, gives, or furnishes to any person, in
violation of | 52 |
section 2923.20 or 2923.21 or another section of the Revised Code | 53 |
or in
violation
of federal law, the firearm that results in the | 54 |
harm that is the basis of the
claim for relief in the tort or | 55 |
other civil action. | 56 |
Section 2. It is the intent of the General Assembly in | 78 |
enacting
division (D) of section 2305.401 of the Revised Code in | 79 |
this act
to provide for both the prospective and retroactive | 80 |
application of
the qualified immunity from civil liability and | 81 |
injunctive relief provisions
of section 2305.401 of
the Revised | 82 |
Code, as enacted by this act. If, however, the Ohio
Supreme Court | 83 |
determines, in any litigation that may be commenced
to contest the | 84 |
constitutionality of the qualified immunity
from civil liability | 85 |
and injunctive relief provisions of section 2305.401 of
the | 86 |
Revised Code, that
the retroactive application of those provisions | 87 |
would be violative of
either the United States Constitution or the | 88 |
Ohio Constitution, it
is the intent of the General Assembly that | 89 |
the severability
provision of section 1.50 of the Revised Code be | 90 |
applied, that the
qualified immunity from civil liability and | 91 |
injunctive relief provisions of
divisions (A), (B), and
(C) of | 92 |
section 2305.401 of the Revised Code be severed from the | 93 |
unconstitutional provisions of division (D) of that section, and | 94 |
that the qualified immunity from civil liability and injunctive | 95 |
relief
provisions of divisions (A),
(B), and (C) of section | 96 |
2305.401 of the Revised Code be given prospective
application | 97 |
consistent with section 1.48 of the Revised Code. | 98 |