That is a good thing for those that believe in the Second Amendment.
YAY! S. 397 just passed.
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Maybe, but you should be able to unless there was something faulty with the Hummer that was caused by GM.Bogart said:
The Brady bunch, New York City, Washington, D.C. and a bunch of other organizations and urban areas have been suing gun manufacturers for crimes committed by people using their product that is made lawfully in an attempt to force the gun manufacturers into bankruptcy through repeated litigation. This stops that cold. This law does not stop litigation if the manufacturer does something against the law or produces a faulty product.
Did you mean shouldn't?
Tonio
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True, but I'm not talking about criminal acts or misuse. I'm talking about accidents where the owner was potentially negligent in some way. My point is that right now, personal injury lawyers have two targets in these type of accidents--the manufacturers and the owners. I'm suggesting that with the manufacturers out of the picture, the owners would be more vulnerable to the lawyers' greed.Ken King said:
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I'm not a huge 2nd amendment person but it sounds good to me. I hate stupid lawsuits.
I believe that "potentially negligent" would be a misuse issue, like leaving a weapon around for a child to get their hands on. The way "business as usual" has been is to blame a manufacturer for idiotic behavior of the end user. The only reason people have tried to sue the manufacturer is because they have the big bucks. I see many no longer seeking suit due to the fact that individuals don't have the mega-bucks like the corporations.Tonio said:
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Ken King said:
It's all about the money.
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Tonio said:
That's an interesting topic in itself. A few years ago they had a law in Florida that made it illegal to enable a child to have access to a firearm, thus pushing people to keep their guns unloaded and locked up at all times. It seemed like a good idea at the time, although it flew in the face of the castle laws, but the intent was good.
Then came a case where a young boy got a hold of his Dad's pistol and accidentally shot his little sister, killing her. The result was that both parents were charged and arrested. So, here's this little 8-9 year old kid, who's just killed his sister, watching his Mom and Dad being trucked off to prison and all because of an accident. Is there any other kind of accident that said boy could commit that would result in the parents being arrested like that? Nope, just for firearms. And what kind of life was this kid going to have? He's utterly destroyed his family.
This law is still on the books down here, but it's not really enforced because of that case. I think we need a law that says "Accidents happen to good people" and get away from all these knee-jerk reactionary laws. I've also started talking to the state NRA folks about getting a program similar to the temporary one in Maryland that took small kids out to gun ranges and teaches them firearms safety. That'll do more to save lives than locking up parents.