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Posted on 07/06/2004 8:16:35 PM PDT by esryle
Attorney General's Office Objects To Purchase Of Bankrupt Gunmaker
LOS ANGELES -- The state Attorney General's Office could have an impact on a disabled teen's attempts to shut down a gun manufacturer.
An official with the state Department of Justice has notified a bankruptcy judge that the state's firearms division objects to the tentative court approval of the purchase of Bryco Arms.
The gunmaker built the handgun than left Brandon Maxfield paralyzed when he was seven-years-old.
An Alameda County jury awarded Maxfield $51 million last year, saying that Bryco Arms was partially liable.
The gunmaker filed bankruptcy shortly after the court case. Since then, Maxfield has been collecting donations to buy the equipment and property of Bryco Arms.
I have all the sympathy in the world for 7 yr old kids injured by criminal activity.
But I have nothing but vitrol and disdain for punks who try and shut down legal gun makers.
He's probably been saying for years, "I'll own this company for what they did to me." How long until we can sue all of the descendants of the man who invented fire if someone burns our house down?
Gun owners need to be reminded what Edwards is.
Was this the guy who was shot because a family 'friend' was a dumb mf'ing assclown who POINTED THE GUN AT HIM?
If he 2winds up owning the company, and someone gets shot by one of their guns again, he will find himself at the receiving end of a lawsuit. What goes around comes around.
Bryco Arms makes what PBS calls the "Saturday night Special".
A Cheap, disposable, handgun?
I never "disposed" any of mine.
How does an unsecured creditor take priority over secured creditors and other priority creditors?
Poor people should not own arms I guess. Wonder how the Dems would react if they passed a law mandating a person make 20k a year to be able to own a gun.
Maybe he should sue the government of China since China invented gunpowder? Makes about the asme amount of sense really.
I prefer a constitutional change which denies voting privledges to anyone on welfare.
You will only be able to own an over under skeet gun....and only if you can afford the dues at a private shooting club...where your sporting purpose firearm will be stored under lock and key when not in use by you and you alone...
If something like a 1911 is fired enough, certain parts like the barrel bushing may wear and need to be replaced. The cost of the parts, relative to the cost of the pistol, is such that replacing such parts makes sense.
If something like a Bryco is fired enough, some parts on it are likely to wear out as well. Unlike the 1911, however, the Bryco is not really designed with the intention that worn-out parts will be replaced, since the cost-per-round of buying necessary replacement parts would probably be about comparable to replacing the pistol when something wears out.
In that sense, then, the Bryco might be described as a 'disposable' firearm. On the other hand, there are some much more expensive firearms that could be so described as well. IIRC, Seecamp readily admits that its .380 pocket pistol has a reliable service life of only about 2500 rounds. And those things are hardly what I'd call "cheap".
Bang!
In the case of the Bryco pistol, I can understand the purpose behind the design: if the firearm were decocked and on 'safe' when the slide was racked, the striker riding with the slide could exert considerable downward force on the sear, possibly damaging it or the safety. To be sure, there would be no reason to put a decocked pistol on 'safe', but in a striker-based design like the Bryco there's no easy way to prevent it either.
On the 1911, though, the safety may only be engaged when the firearm is cocked. If the hammer is down, the safety can't be moved to the "safe" position. Why, then, does engaging the safety lock the slide?
And deny welfare benefits to anyone who doesn't at least make an effort to work (I have yet to see an end to help wanted signs even in this supposedly impoverished and economically challenged state of Arkansas).
If welfare must be preserved - at least make folks work to get it. Even if it means flipping burgers - at least that's work.
Votes only for people who make an effort to contribute to society.
Now- back to the topic of this thread. How is this gun manufacturer liable for this kid's injury? That's like saying that Exxon is responsible for that vehicular death because they made the gasoline that powered that evil SUV that was used to run over some idiot J-walker who walked out in traffic in front of that "evil" SUV.
Ugggghhh..... Hold those who actually do the damage/crime responsible...duh. The idiot or punk who shot this kid should be responsible - oh wait - no deep pockets. I guess this case is another example of what trial lawyers can do..... And we now have one running on the liberal Rat ticket....wonderful.
I would imagine if John/John were to get elected - tort reform would be even farther from every becoming a reality - so that idiot cases like this one will become even more normal.
It's not only a free country and anybody can own a gun company if he can afford it, but if he gets the proper permits he can also dismantle the company and sell the machinery and product for scrap. That doesn't mean that somebody isn't necessarily sane.
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