we have a memo recently unearthed by a memo named dave hardy that was from the prior clinton administration where we got an outline of what they were hoping to achieve through the courts and through the regulatory apparatus through this country they couldn't achieve through the legislatures. every industry in this country has bills that are passed for its purposes. nobody cares about the duration of a patent on a buy liologic d except for the company that makes them. nobody cares about making sure they can lawfully transact a firearms business like a firearms manufacturer. we have a law that strikes that balance. there are six well-known exceptions to that lawsuit shield. those exceptions allow for defective firearms and other sorts of guns to be held against those manufacturers, but it stops the nuisance lawsuits. >> it's almost impabl to sue a gun manufacturer or gun dealer. those exceptions are shut down all the time. like if someone has voluntarily pulled the trigger even if there was a defect, that exception might go away. this was not about -- this is a law that exists for one industr