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So-Called "Railway Safety Act" Constitutes a Political Handout to Big Labor That Does Nothing to Improve Safety At All

America as we know it was built largely upon and because of our rail industry, and today it remains a pillar of our economy.

Unfortunately, a destructive proposal before Congress misleadingly named the "Railway Safety Act" (RSA), part of broader surface transportation reauthorization, threatens great harm to our railroads.

Simply put, the bill has nothing to do with improving safety, but has a lot to do with advancing the political agenda of Big Labor.  At a moment when inflation burdens American families and fragile supply chains remain vulnerable to disruption, the last thing our economy or rail sector need is another costly federal mandate imposed upon one of the nation’s most important transportation sectors.

As an initial matter, as noted by The Wall Street Journal, the…[more]

May 20, 2026 • 04:28 PM
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Tuesday, July 20 2010

A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by a retired Los Angeles police officer who sued a gun maker after his 3-year-old son shot him.

Anaheim, California resident Enrique Chavez was off-duty when he was shot in the back by his son, who was not in a car seat when he fired his father's nearby .45-caliber Glock.
 
Chavez, who was left paralyzed from the waist down, sued Glock, alleging that the gun's safety was "non-existent or ineffective."  The defense countered that Chavez admitted he forgot the gun was in the back seat when he put his son in the truck.
 
In dismissing the suit, the judge cited an "exhaustive review" of the gun's safety conducted by the Los Angeles Police Department prior to purchase.
 
The suit also alleged negligence on the part of the maker of the gun's holster, the store where Chavez bought the holster and the store where he purchased the gun.  
 
—Source: The Orange County Register (CA)

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— Rich Lowry, Editor-in-Chief of National Review
 
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