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Massachusetts attorney general investigates gun safety
Associated Press ^ | Sep 1, 2016 8:08 AM EDT

Posted on 09/01/2016 7:57:30 AM PDT by Olog-hai

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To: Olog-hai

How about someone investigate negligent politicians? They have harmed far more than any single gun ever could.


21 posted on 09/01/2016 9:00:59 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: IYAS9YAS

+1.


22 posted on 09/01/2016 9:04:05 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Poo poo the polls at Trump's peril.)
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To: Olog-hai

Healey is an ideologue. She is ignorant regarding firearms.

5.56mm


23 posted on 09/01/2016 9:14:24 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: circlecity

I’m pretty sure Virginia doesn’t even recognize accidental discharge. I believe all unintentional discharges are classified as negligent, and subject to, at a minimum, review by te local prosecutor.


24 posted on 09/01/2016 9:20:44 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Olog-hai
Ugliness. The real problem when you twist words such as "accidental discharge" to mean what you want them to mean is that they no longer mean what they should mean.

Contrary to Hillary's insistence, firearms manufacturers are not immune from lawsuits regarding liability for defective design. SOURCE. However, they are protected against lawsuits pertaining to the firearm operating the way it's designed to; that's why organizations such as the Brady bunch and VPC are outraged that they are specifically prohibited from twisting the law in that manner. It keeps tort lawyers from monster liability payoffs such as the tobacco companies were tagged with.

However, firearms manufacturers are responsible for matters of defective design and quality control - there is a current lawsuit against Century Arms in that regard. The question here is if the state lawyers can manage to talk the judge into allowing them to critique the basic design of the Glock trigger and decide whether it is sufficiently safe according to standards they intend to set on the spot. That strikes me as stretching it even for a liberal court and highly subject to overturn upon appeal, but I'm not an attorney nor do I play one on FR.

25 posted on 09/01/2016 9:41:17 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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I’m not a huge Glock fan, but I do own one, a G30.

From my experience, it shoots every time you pull the trigger, and does not shoot when you don’t pull the trigger. I may not be a lawyer, but I fail to grasp the legal standing for a lawsuit.


26 posted on 09/01/2016 11:33:34 AM PDT by Rinnwald
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Healey says Glock firearms are “prone to accidental discharge”

I am well aware of that alleged problem, although it's "negligent" and not "accidental", and that is why I own a Glock as my home-defense weapon. Loaded Glocks go "bang" every time you pull the trigger, and I like that feature. I do not recommend Glock to people who refuse to follow basic firearms safety, since Glocks are prone to negligent discharge in the hands of fools, but I recommend them strongly to people who never, ever do dumb things with their firearms.

27 posted on 09/01/2016 11:51:45 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Olog-hai

Maura Healey is a demented woman with a sub-standard intellect who has taken it upon herself to violate both ststute law and the constitution in her one-woman campaign loudly and visibly to hate firearms.

Like several Massachusetts Attorneys-General before her, she cares nothing for the legislative process and chooses to rule by fiat in the face of massive popular opposition.

This is a women who would be right at home in Russia, China, Vietnam, or Cuba.


28 posted on 09/01/2016 12:37:41 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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is that a vote or how you carry your GLOCK?😁

29 posted on 09/01/2016 3:24:58 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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To: circlecity
Roger that. In 99.9% of cases a modern handgun will not go off unless the trigger gets pulled.

So 0.01% are unexplained? No relationship to a trigger pull. Seems like that would qualify as dangerous.

30 posted on 09/01/2016 5:38:54 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (behind enemy lines)
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"So 0.01% are unexplained? No relationship to a trigger pull. Seems like that would qualify as dangerous."

A lot less dangerous than taking a shower in the morning

31 posted on 09/02/2016 3:54:23 AM PDT by circlecity
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