(a) Each manufacturer, importer and/or dealer of a firearm shall be held strictly liable in tort, without regard to fault or proof of defect, for all direct and consequential damages arising from bodily injury or death where the bodily injury or death results from the discharge within the jurisdiction of the City and County of San Francisco of any firearm manufactured, imported, distributed, sold, leased or otherwise transferred by the manufacturer, importer and/or dealer, except that no liability shall be imposed pursuant to this subsection for a discharge that occurs prior to the effective date of this section.
(b) Exemptions and Limitations.
(1) No action may be commenced pursuant to this section by any person who is injured or killed by the discharge of a firearm while such person is committing or attempting to commit a crime (whether or not such crime is actually charged), or while such person is attempting to evade arrest by a law enforcement official. This exemption shall be in the nature of an affirmative defense, and shall be proven by a preponderance of the evidence.
(2) No action may be commenced pursuant to this section by any person injured or killed by the discharge of a firearm by a law enforcement official.
(3) This section shall not limit in scope any cause of action, other than that provided by this section, available to a person injured by or killed by a firearm.
(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent a manufacturer, importer or dealer from seeking whole or partial indemnity or contribution for any liability incurred under this section from any third party wholly or partially responsible for the injury or death.
(5) No action may be commenced pursuant to this section by any person for a self-inflicted injury.
(6) No action may be commenced pursuant to this section where the firearm was equipped with an internal personalized safety feature at that time of its first retail sale.
(7) If any manufacturer, importer or dealer has purchased and has in effect at the time of the injury an insurance policy that covers any and all damages, including but not limited to bodily injury or death, resulting from the discharge of the specific firearm involved in the incident, the liability imposed under this section as to that manufacturer, importer or dealer shall not exceed the total amount of coverage available under said policy provided that the total coverage available under the policy shall not be less than $100,000 per incident.
(8) No action may be commenced pursuant to this section where the firearm involved is either (a) a shotgun without a magazine or having a fixed magazine of four or less rounds or (b) a rifle without a magazine or having a fixed magazine of four or less rounds.
(Added by Ord. 288-00, File No. 001490, App. 12/22/2000. Former Section 3502 was added by Ord. 311-82, App. 6/28/82; repealed by Ord. 288-00)