Posted on 12/15/2014 6:33:01 AM PST by Citizen Zed
A law firm representing the families of nine of the 26 people killed and a teacher injured at the Sandy Hook Elementary School says it has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the rifle used in the shooting.
The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit asserts that the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle should not have been made publicly available because it is a military weapon unsuited for civilian use.
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So, I’m guessing in just before a statute of limitations kicks in?
So many cheesy lawyers, so few guillotines.
What, the rifle was supposed to jam and not work right?
This is a loser, nuisance suit and the attorney that took it shouldn’t’ have.
So, he murdered the owner of the gun and then pried open the safe said gun was locked in.
And the gun maker is at fault????
Mainly it just sits there, I keep an eye on it.
To the best of my knowledge it hasn't caused any havoc.
I'll keep watching it just in case.
Sounds like it’s time for someone to start doing some 4GW against the “Newtown families.”
Next up they’ll be suing Toyota, since that was the car Lanza drove that fateful day.
If only Toyota hadn’t made that car....
Wrong!
It's no different than any other semi-automatic rifle, just looks scarier.
“...because it is a military weapon unsuited for civilian use...”
And legally who is to say if it is unsuited for civilian use? ...Our overlords? A Brown Bess Musket is also a military weapon with a bayonet lug. A brace of 1851 Navy revolvers can also provide sustained firepower.
Perhaps the reason the majority of the families did not participate is because they know it is not Bushmasters fault. There was simply no security or resistance at the school.
The legal problem is proving: (1) that the military weapon would get into the hands of a psychotic individual, AND, (2) that the individual intended to use the weapon in a fashion that was not the mfg’s intended use.
Heh...Saturday I got a check from Toyota for an "unintended acceleration" class action I hadn't participated in - $29.13......hopefully that'll be in the range for these Newtown suckers.
If someone decides to get behind the wheel of a Ford Taurus and run some people over, would the families of the victims be justified in suing Ford Motor Company and the dealership that sold the car?
It was originally a civilian weapon that the military later adopted, not the other way around.
After the second world war the United States was the largest manufacturer of privately owned aircraft. It was a huge and promising market employing thousands. Then began the lawsuits. Now, a plane’s cost is more than doubled by the insurance the manufacturer must carry for each one sold. Most of those manufacturers are out of business. The same could happen to any industry. The only ones to prosper are the attorneys.
Next, we’ll hear that the families of people killed by drunk drivers will be suing....Coors? Anheuser-Busch? California wineries? Distilleries in Kentucky?
And on it goes.
“The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit asserts that the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle should not have been made publicly available because it is a military weapon unsuited for civilian use.”
It’s a military weapon? Not that it IS a military weapon
but according to the constitution that is precisely the
arms defined that we, not only have a right but are civilly
obligated to possess.
Yes sue them instead of doing something that will actually protect your children. Like making the school not a gun-free zone. But that would be extreme...
The M-16 version, of course has an auto feature.
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