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Newtown Families Sue Gun Maker for Sandy Hook Massacre
Posted on 12/15/14 at 10:06 am
Posted on 12/15/14 at 10:06 am
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Obviously, this suit will not go anywhere. But I do feel sorry for the families, and I, like everyone one else cried like a kid when I heard about SH.
But there can't be a more mis-guided and poorly thought out lawsuit than this. I guess they feel this is more responsible for their grief than the killer himself?
quote:
Ten families touched by the Newtown massacre filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against companies that made, distributed and sold the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle that Adam Lanza used to kill 20 children and six staffers at Sandy Hook Elementary two years ago. The suit argues that the gun is a military assault weapon that never should have been on the general market.
"In business, measuring risk prior to producing, marketing, and selling a product or service is standard procedure," Bill Sherlach, whose wife was killed in the Dec. 14, 2012, rampage in the small Connecticut town, said in a statement. "For far too long the gun industry has been given legislative safe harbor from this standard business practice. These companies assume no responsibility for marketing and selling a product to the general population who are not trained to use it nor even understand the power of it."
The complaint, which was filed in superior court in Bridgeport, Connecticut, names Bushmaster, firearms distributor Camfour and gun shop Riverview Gun Sales. It was filed by the families of nine children and adults killed by Lanza and one surviving teacher.
Obviously, this suit will not go anywhere. But I do feel sorry for the families, and I, like everyone one else cried like a kid when I heard about SH.
But there can't be a more mis-guided and poorly thought out lawsuit than this. I guess they feel this is more responsible for their grief than the killer himself?
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Posted on 12/15/14 at 10:14 am to lsuroadie
Can victims' of auto accidents sue GM/Ford et al..., for making a vehicle used in a drunk driving incident ? Seems appropriate.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 10:15 am to lsuroadie
I love it when threads are posted on the same story that is in in threads on Page 1 of the forum.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 10:16 am to lsuroadie
Good luck with that...
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
quote:
In the years before passage of the act, victims of firearms violence in the United States had successfully sued manufacturers and dealers for negligence on the grounds that they should have foreseen that their products would be diverted to criminal use.[2] The purpose of the act is to prevent firearms manufacturers and dealers from being held liable for negligence when crimes have been committed with their products. However, both manufacturers and dealers can still be held liable for damages resulting from defective products, breach of contract, criminal misconduct, and other actions for which they are directly responsible in much the same manner that any U.S. based manufacturer of consumer products (i.e. automobiles, appliances, power tools, etc.) are held responsible.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 10:16 am to lsuroadie
This was already tried (unsuccessfully) in New Orleans. The defense argument by the gun makers was simple "If our product is unsafe why does the government buy so much of it?" Case closed.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 10:17 am to lsuroadie
If the companies were within their rights to manufacture and distribute the weapon, then I don't see how the families should win this lawsuit.
It's a tragic situation, but I'm not sure how suing the gun company remedies anything.
It's a tragic situation, but I'm not sure how suing the gun company remedies anything.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 10:19 am to lsuroadie
So, now people can sue GM if a drunk driver in a Chevy truck kills a family member?
Or can we sue McDonald's if a loved one dies of a heart attack and they had a weakness for Quarter Pounders?
These people are such fools. No doubt they're being pushed and financed by Bloomberg or another anti-gun group.
Or can we sue McDonald's if a loved one dies of a heart attack and they had a weakness for Quarter Pounders?
These people are such fools. No doubt they're being pushed and financed by Bloomberg or another anti-gun group.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 10:26 am to lsuroadie
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Posted on 12/15/14 at 10:33 am to lsuroadie
I hope the attorneys that filed this get disbarred.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 10:53 am to lsuroadie
Very sad but they are venting in wrong direction. The product was not defective. The person using it and how he got access to it was.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 11:02 am to lsuroadie
I thought Lanza left the AR 15 in the car and committed the shooting with handguns. This was reported for a while, but if didn't follow it very closely.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 11:05 am to lsuroadie
Did the Bushmaster even go inside the building? Wasn't it recovered from the car outside?
Posted on 12/15/14 at 11:54 am to lsuroadie
Normally I would attribute a lawsuit like this to greed, but given who the plaintiffs are, it stinks of simple irrationality. They are looking for someone else to blame, since they weren't able to confront the person who actually perpetrated the heinous act.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:04 pm to lsuroadie
Some slick lawyer needs his arse whipped for conning grieving families into this lawsuit.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:06 pm to lsuroadie
I mean, you kind of have to argue that the product worked great, don't you?
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:07 pm to lsuroadie
quote:
this suit will not go anywhere
Wouldn't be too sure of that. If I was Bushmaster (or whoever owns them), I'd be sweating balls.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:29 pm to lsuroadie
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For far too long the gun industry has been given leglislative safe harbor from this standatd business practice.
That statement seems to abandon any pretext of good faith. It shows that they are fully aware of the limited immunity granted to gun makers and diatributors and are strictly engaging in harrassment.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:47 pm to lsuroadie
Are you fricking kidding me?
Posted on 12/15/14 at 12:52 pm to lsuroadie
They didn't file to win. They filed to raise awareness of the immunity granted to the gun manufacturers.
I'd imagine the attorneys took it on a contingency fee basis and this is just free advertising for them to get their name out.
Maybe it will force the media to ask some politicians some thorny questions and get their positions on the record.
But that's about all they can hope for.
I'd imagine the attorneys took it on a contingency fee basis and this is just free advertising for them to get their name out.
Maybe it will force the media to ask some politicians some thorny questions and get their positions on the record.
But that's about all they can hope for.
This post was edited on 12/15/14 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 12/15/14 at 1:30 pm to lsuroadie
They should sue the brass supplier for making the bullets the powder company for making the powder too & the gun range who allowed him to perfect his skill
Idiots
Idiots
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