Tilting at windmills
Families of the victims of Sandy Hook are filing a suit against Bushmaster because it makes them fell better or something. I mean, Bushmaster is as responsible as the maker of the automobile the psychopath drove to the school.
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December 9th, 2014 at 9:14 pm
Bloomberg wouldn’t have funded the lawyers otherwise.
December 9th, 2014 at 9:23 pm
I dunno, but I don’t think I would be giving those loons any ideas.
December 9th, 2014 at 9:25 pm
So far the majority of comments are pro-gun. On MSN…. whooda thunk that would happen?
December 9th, 2014 at 10:36 pm
That suit won’t get very far–see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_of_Lawful_Commerce_in_Arms_Act
December 9th, 2014 at 11:05 pm
^^^That.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:31 pm
I have a slightly different take on these suits against suppliers of weapons, ammunition, and accessories. The superseding federal Protection of Lawful Commerce In Arms Act makes clear that plaintiffs cannot prevail on these suits. But, lawyers will keep filing the suits unless the courts impose penalties, not only against the plaintiff-clients, but also against the lawyers. Otherwise, the courts will overlook Congress’s intent and permit Bloomberg to do exactly what Congress passed the Act to prevent. I would propose that the new Congress “clarify” the PLCAA, except that it’s hard to improve on its crystal clear language.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:33 pm
Logic? Relevance? Efficacy? Pfft. As some pithy blogger recently said in a blog title, “because narrative”.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:41 pm
The suit against Bushmaster is going nowhere.
The suit again Nancy Lanza’s estate, and hew homeowner’s insurance, however… that might go somewhere. The insurer might pay to defend themselves, or they may settle, but who’s going to pay to defend the remaining relatively small assets of the murdered mother?
December 10th, 2014 at 3:04 am
Gun control groups hate PLCAA and are trying to find a way to crack it.
December 10th, 2014 at 9:36 am
So should there be lawsuits against beer, wine and liquor companies, restaurants and bars for DUI injuries and deaths?
December 10th, 2014 at 11:38 am
There are frequently lawsuits, successful lawsuits, against restaurants and bars for DUI injuries and deaths, because there are laws against restaurants and bars selling alcohol to obviously inebriated customers, and the lawsuits hinge on “obviously” versus an 18 year old waiter who took three or four rounds to a table with their dinner.
Similarly, there are laws against selling firearms to straw buyers and prohibited persons.
There is no merit to this suit other than to demonize guns, but as that is a primary goal of anti-rights, anti-gun leftists, hey, the more meritless lawsuits the better.
Penalties for filing meritless lawsuits are the only thing that will stop them.
December 10th, 2014 at 1:57 pm
I wonder who researched, contacted, and convinced “families of Sandy Hook victims”
(does this include those “traumatized” for life?)
that they should enjoin the money suit, designed to economically cripple NO MATTER the “findings”, against a company with a name and product they have never heard of before?
(Well, unless they know ALL ABOUT dangerous snakes in ….um…wait….0.4 seconds…the Amazon River basin north to Costa Rica)
Same ilk who convinced wives of World Trade Center casualties to sue somebody….ANYBODY… because “they deserved more money”?
December 11th, 2014 at 9:08 am
It took 35 years, but they did get Oldsmobile. Ms M.J. Kopechne was unavailable for comment.