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Poll: 72% of Americans do not support lawsuits against gun manufacturers
hotair.com ^ | 4/26/2016 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 04/26/2016 9:55:00 AM PDT by rktman

The issue of nuisance lawsuits against gun manufacturers has moved well beyond the courtroom drama playing out with the Sandy Hook families. Bernie Sanders has managed to drive Hillary Clinton further to the left as she seeks lines of attack against the Vermont Senator, coaxing her into calling for the repeal of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) in recent campaign stops. That may serve her purposes in the primary, but how well does such a position play nationally as we look forward to the general election in November?

A new survey conducted by Harper Polling indicates that Clinton isn’t just in the minority on this issue… it’s not even close. Nearly three quarters of the country would prefer to see criminals who use guns illegally held accountable for their crimes rather than shifting the blame to the manufacturers and retailers who produce and distribute properly operating firearms.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; banglist; business; guncontrol; secondamendment
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Sorry, one hildebeast proclamation saying we're all wrong beats 72%. Just ask her. She can pull the data up from Chapaqua central computer storage. Er, maybe not.
1 posted on 04/26/2016 9:55:00 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

And why offend a “minority” that big ?

LOL


2 posted on 04/26/2016 9:56:12 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: rktman

I’m shocked that 28% would.........................


3 posted on 04/26/2016 9:57:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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To: Red Badger

LOL! I know where that was headed.


4 posted on 04/26/2016 9:58:17 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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I think that if someone is killed by a drunk driver, the car manufacturer that made the drunk's car should be sued.

/s

5 posted on 04/26/2016 10:06:07 AM PDT by GregoTX
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To: Red Badger

“I’m shocked that 28% would.........................”

Not me. There are a large number of people who feel that rich manufacturers should make their ill gotten riches available to anyone that gets hurt with their product. 28% seems about right.

I am actually a bit shocked about the low level of support for making manufactures liable for the lawful use of their products. The level of support for the 2A has really gone through the roof. 20 years ago it would be something like 52-45.

Charlton Heston and Obama have really changed the landscape.


6 posted on 04/26/2016 10:08:30 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: rktman

Perhaps Hillary would be kind enough to explain what other guaranteed rights as an American citizen will be tossed away.


7 posted on 04/26/2016 10:10:20 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Rap music: Soundtrack of the retarded.)
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To: GregoTX

seriously, for those who would disagree, what would be the difference?


8 posted on 04/26/2016 10:10:27 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: GregoTX

What about the transportation company whose semi delivered the product to the distributer? They need to be put out of business too.


9 posted on 04/26/2016 10:25:12 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Red Badger

You are exactly correct, Red Badger.
There are people (especially liberals) whom are absolutely convinced they can SUE themselves to happiness.
They fail to contemplate the danger of a society that cannot readily access firearms.


10 posted on 04/26/2016 10:50:03 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: rktman

No. that computer is in a toilet in the Rocky Mountains..


11 posted on 04/26/2016 10:57:54 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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What difference at this point does it make?

Those lawsuits are PROHIBITED by federal law (notwithstanding the logical contortions of a certain judicial activist in Connecticut).


12 posted on 04/26/2016 11:15:28 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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The problem is, that it still takes an enormous amount of cash to get the case dismissed. It will always cost the defendant money! Laws need to be changed to prevent the filing of frivolous lawsuits, so that the defendant does not pay a dime!


13 posted on 04/26/2016 11:56:09 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Red Badger

They didn’t specify who specifically was polled but I wouldn’t doubt if it was a college campus.


14 posted on 04/26/2016 12:01:49 PM PDT by uncitizen (PST! Patriots Support Trump - Join Today!)
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“What about the transportation company whose semi delivered the product to the distributer? They need to be put out of business too.”

Better still, simply make certain that from the mfr to the retail sales outlet, the government will make sure you have no banking access. That’s what they are doing at the moment. Domesting firearms mfrs. should simply tell the government that they are no longer going to supply the military with small arms until they put a end to all of this nonsense.


15 posted on 04/26/2016 12:04:20 PM PDT by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
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To: GregoTX

If someone if grossly overweight (FAT), the company that made the fork and spoon should be sued !!!


16 posted on 04/26/2016 12:04:41 PM PDT by RightWingNut
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To: GregoTX

Fall off a ladder, sue the ladder company.

Became obese, sue Hagen Daz


17 posted on 04/26/2016 12:05:54 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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To: Blue Jays

“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” - Robert A. Heinlein ................


18 posted on 04/26/2016 12:51:08 PM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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To: BunnySlippers

Get acne. Sue Hersheys...................


19 posted on 04/26/2016 12:51:51 PM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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To: SgtHooper

There is ALREADY a law against the suit in question.


20 posted on 04/26/2016 1:42:20 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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