good guy 176
R.I.P.
The courts put a damper on this kind of shit a few years ago. The manufacturer had nothing to do with those 26 deaths; the first court in the chain will pitch the matter; there is no case here.
Lew--Ranger63
Lew--Ranger63
Some Newtown families sue Bushmaster
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Or a camera manufacturer because someone used the product to shoot child porn.
With the way the courts act, I'm a little worried about this.
Vile Shadow
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I wouldn't be surprised if Sen. Frankenfeinstein gets involved here somehow, kinda like Al Not-so-Sharpton with the Ferguson MO protests.
I did like the crapola I heard in the radio which is apparently the basis for this. "It's a military weapon and should not have been available to the public to begin with", like the DoD is gonna issue semi-auto Bushies to soldiers.
I did like the crapola I heard in the radio which is apparently the basis for this. "It's a military weapon and should not have been available to the public to begin with", like the DoD is gonna issue semi-auto Bushies to soldiers.
Tyeraxus
Ultimate Member
Eugene Volokh at The Volokh Conspiracy thinks the lawsuit is going nowhere.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...acturers-and-dealers-over-sandy-hook-murders/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...acturers-and-dealers-over-sandy-hook-murders/
So, he agrees with me AGAIN!
It's sad that in addition to the tragedy these parents have suffered, that they've also been lied to such that they believe their kids may have survived if Lanza only had access to see something "less" than an AR. Or even an AR with smaller mags. The liars handling then seem to never mention the havoc wreaked by Cho at VA Tech with a couple regular old pistols.
A grown up with ill intent and 20 minutes alone in a classroom could literally have the same outcome with any number of weapons including non firearm ones.
Mr H
Banana'd
This.
Anything from a knife, to a baseball bat, to a flamethrower could have been--as the situation has been described to us--equally fatal.
Why??
Because NO ONE HAD A MEANS OF DEFENSE!!!
Vile Shadow
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Now that'll NEVER happen again. CT wised up and banned those scary military style rifles.
krucam
Ultimate Member
Here's the Complaint:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1380622-sandy-hook.html
Guns are bad, m'kay?
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1380622-sandy-hook.html
Guns are bad, m'kay?
- Mar 8, 2013
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Negligent entrustment is a cause of action that might lie against Lanza's mother (similar to the father that knows better, but keeps letting his teenage son drink and drive the family car), but of course she is dead. There is no way a manufacturer can be held liable form legally selling a legal product to a lawful purchaser, who later entrusts the item to someone wholly unknown to the manufacturer and beyond their control.
INMY01TA
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Me too.
Except that she didn't loan Adam the rifle. He murdered her and stole it.
- Mar 8, 2013
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All the reporting I saw said she originally and specifically purchased it for him, and allowed him access to it, and to use it.
I've always felt she was negligent, knowing his mental conditions, to buy him arms.
I stand corrected.
pcfixer
Ultimate Member
That law suit is a fail to me too. Like blaming makers of a knife, fork and spoon for being fat and overweight.
gamer_jim
Podcaster
I hope the defendants can counter sue for attorney's fees.
So, he agrees with me AGAIN!
It's sad that in addition to the tragedy these parents have suffered, that they've also been lied to such that they believe their kids may have survived if Lanza only had access to see something "less" than an AR. Or even an AR with smaller mags. The liars handling then seem to never mention the havoc wreaked by Cho at VA Tech with a couple regular old pistols.
A grown up with ill intent and 20 minutes alone in a classroom could literally have the same outcome with any number of weapons including non firearm ones.
One of the plaintiffs is a "lobbyist" I read. So there ya go.
Vile Shadow
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- Feb 28, 2013
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How convenient...
Are you suggesting that a lobbyist would have motives other than seeking true justice?
I find your assertion shocking... Just shocking...
