Smith & Wesson sued for the Chicago Highland Park shooting. This is not satire.

[hadit]

OK, cool. A gun is the same as an automobile, the same as a swimming pool.
Therefore, the licensing, fees, periodic reviews of qualifications, the liability insurance need be on a par then.
It would seem.


True that.
Same with automobiles. Same with poisons.
Yet licensing, permits, qualifications to own/operate a vehicle are more onerous and more regular than owning a high lethality, easily portable, easily concealed weapon.
How lethal? How portable? How concealable?
Well, Adam Lanza could have informed us. The shooter at Uvalde could have too. So could Stephen Paddock of Mandalay Bay. So can those 15yr old gang-bangers who have their Glock21 tucked in their waistbands.

Go figger.

And where do you think those 15yr olds get those Glocks? Not from the manufacturers you want to sue. Jim Beam makes a product that can be lethal, and does cause people to die on the highways. Does Jim Beam get sued when somebody buys a big bottle, takes it home, drinks most of it and beats his wife? No, they don't, because we expect people who purchase and consume those products to be responsible with them. Likewise with guns. Do we sue Jim Beam when a kid steals his dad's bottle and ends up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning? Likewise with guns.

Do you think that suing Jim Beam will reduce the number of traffic fatalities caused by drunk driving? Just like with alcohol, you have to be licensed and regulated to produce and sell guns, but once the product is sold to the bar or liquor store, your responsibility ends, and alcohol has a massively larger ad presence than do guns, so think carefully before you want to start suing the manufacturers of products for the way customers misuse them.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

OK, cool. A gun is the same as an automobile, the same as a swimming pool.
Therefore, the licensing, fees, periodic reviews of qualifications, the liability insurance need be on a par then.
It would seem.

Cars and swimming pools are not protected by our Constitution. Firearms are, therefore requiring all the things you state would be a violation of our rights.

 

[Silent Warrior]

How about trying to treat black people like equals, instead of encouraging the police to gun them down? Hmmmm?

How about trying to get black people to obey the cops when stopped? Then they wouldn't get shot.

 

[Resnic]

What about all the people who stab others? They going to sue the knife makers?

Or the people who run over others or crowds on purpose, the automakers going to be sued?

 

[Chillicothe]

They going to sue the knife makers?

the automakers going to be sued?

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You can sue them if you so wish.
Personally, I don't think your chances are good. But then, the devil is in the details.

More importantly, is that.....guns are different.
That seems so obvious.
If only Stephan Paddock would have taken a suitcase of knives up to the 33rd floor of the Mandalay hotel.....instead of a suitcase full of guns.

Things may have turned out different.
Clearly, guns are different.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

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You can sue them if you so wish.
Personally, I don't think your chances are good. But then, the devil is in the details.

More importantly, is that.....guns are different.
That seems so obvious.
If only Stephan Paddock would have taken a suitcase of knives up to the 33rd floor of the Mandalay hotel.....instead of a suitcase full of guns.

Things may have turned out different.
Clearly, guns are different.

Guns are not different. Guns are a perfectly legal product to buy IF you can pass the federal background check. You can also legally buy knives, swimming pools, automobiles, axes, crowbars, baseball bats, internet capable computer. All perfectly legal and nobody can sue them for a customer mis-using any of these products.

 

[Batcat]

The objective is to make it too expensive to be in the gun manufacturing business. It has nothing to do with winning, or legit lawsuits.

So that means if you are considering buying a firearm, it might be a good idea to buy it now. If a manufacturer stays in business he will have to raise the price of his firearms to cover lawsuits. In the future guns will be much more expensive from the few manufacturers left.

Buying firearms might be a good investment to consider since most gun manufacturers may be sued out of business.

 

[The Duke]

It comes off to me, a Canadian, as fighting extremism in America with more extremism.

But it could very well be the time for such an approach, with fascism knocking loudly and consistently on America's doors!

Go suck Justin Castreaux's dick, faggot.

 

[Batcat]

They should be sued to get rid of the Hillary Hole.

I remember one day at the range a shooter said his gun had locked up because of that safety device. I happened to have a S&W key on my key chain and saved the day.

 

[Batcat]

OK, cool. A gun is the same as an automobile, the same as a swimming pool.
Therefore, the licensing, fees, periodic reviews of qualifications, the liability insurance need be on a par then.
It would seem.


True that.
Same with automobiles. Same with poisons.
Yet licensing, permits, qualifications to own/operate a vehicle are more onerous and more regular than owning a high lethality, easily portable, easily concealed weapon.
How lethal? How portable? How concealable?
Well, Adam Lanza could have informed us. The shooter at Uvalde could have too. So could Stephen Paddock of Mandalay Bay. So can those 15yr old gang-bangers who have their Glock21 tucked in their waistbands.

Go figger.

If a guy misuses a chainsaw to massacre people the chainsaw company could be sued.

Imagine all the knife companies that will the sued.

 

[westwall]

So when do we start holding auto makers responsible for the deaths by drunk drivers? How about pool manufacturers for the drowning of innocent children?

I think we should start suing lawyers for the damage they do to the Court system with their frivolous lawsuits.

 

[westwall]

If a guy misuses a chainsaw to massacre people the chainsaw company could be sued.

Imagine all the knife companies that will the sued.

Sue the phone companies for making it easier to coordinate mass robberies.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I think we should start suing lawyers for the damage they do to the Court system with their frivolous lawsuits.

Better still is have a loser pays all law. Sue anybody you want, but if you lose, you are legally responsible for paying all costs of your opponent. That would stop ambulance chasers in their tracks.

 

[Chillicothe]

Does Jim Beam get sued when somebody buys a big bottle, takes it home, drinks most of it and beats his wife?

Guns are different. Duh!
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All perfectly legal and nobody can sue them for a customer mis-using any of these products.

Guns are different. Duh x2!
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If a guy misuses a chainsaw to massacre people the chainsaw company could be sued.

If only Salvador Ramos would have used a chainsaw at Uvalde.....things may not have been so tragic for so many?

If only Stephen Paddock had taken some Stihl's and Husqvarna's up to the 33rd floor of Mandalay Bay.....things may not have been so tragic for so many?

 

[westwall]

Guns are different. Duh!
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Guns are different. Duh x2!
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If only Salvador Ramos would have used a chainsaw at Uvalde.....things may not have been so tragic for so many?

If only Stephen Paddock had taken some Stihl's and Husqvarna's up to the 33rd floor of Mandalay Bay.....things may not have been so tragic for so many?

If paddock had driven a semi truck through the venue he would have killed ten times more.

 

[SavannahMann]

No firearm harms or kills anyone.
People harm and kill people.

That is not quite true. There have been a number of manufacturing flaws that led to deaths.

One example. The Taurus safety flaws. Design flaws meant that the safety could be in the “on” position and not actually engaged.

 

[Blaster]

Is it any wonder that Chicago has led the nation in violent crime and misery for 6 decades? Three generations of pointing fingers and blaming everyone except the true perpetrators of the carnage. Suing the GUN MANUFACTURER for one person's insanity?

Highland Park shooting survivors sue Smith & Wesson, Robert Crimo III and shooter's father

The lawsuit says Smith and Wesson "facilitates violence for profit," and targets vulnerable young men to market their products too.

abc7chicago.com

The gun made me do it.

 

[Blues Man]

If it succeeds, I want to sue General Motors for the uninsured Chevy that totaled my car.

I want to sue every alcohol manufacturer for all alcohol related deaths

 

[Blues Man]

That is not quite true. There have been a number of manufacturing flaws that led to deaths.

One example. The Taurus safety flaws. Design flaws meant that the safety could be in the “on” position and not actually engaged.

And the gun makers can be sued for injuries due to malfunction.

But no gun maker is responsible for what a third party does with their products.

 

[westwall]

That is not quite true. There have been a number of manufacturing flaws that led to deaths.

One example. The Taurus safety flaws. Design flaws meant that the safety could be in the “on” position and not actually engaged.

Yes, DEFECTIVE weapons lead to lawsuits. However, if the users were following the four rules of gun handling there would be no issue other than sending the gun off for repair.

Remember children, don't point the gun at anything you aren't willing to destroy.