Posted on 08/30/2009 12:10:48 PM PDT by Ja7430
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The family of an Illinois boy who was fatally shot by his friend have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a federal law that protects gun companies from most civil lawsuits.
The family of Joshua Adames want the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005 overturned, a move that would allow them to sue a gun manufacturer over the 13-year-old boy's accidental death.
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I don’t think any body should be sued a 13yoa is plenty old enough to know you don’t point real guns and some one and pull the trigger.
He is being sued. It looks like they included the manufacture as a matter of course.
Until you die and have to explain what you've been up to for the last 80 years or so.
They have no case. I just read the pistol’s manual on this site. It’s covered under a section titled “Unloading the pistol and the cartridge chamber.”
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8744748/Beretta-92fs-Pistol
Sigh, I suppose it’s too much to ask that parents supervise their children and be responsible
I'm at work and can't check mine.
Wouldn't have helped. After the first guy blew his brains out, this guy would be laughing to himself, SURE he beat the game.
[[Wouldn’t have helped. After the first guy blew his brains out, this guy would be laughing to himself, SURE he beat the game.]]
Until round two- winner takes all lol
In my business (custom factory automation equipment) we say that if you make something foolproof, the universe simply upgrades to a better grade of fool.
This is crazy.
Yes, why didn’t Boeing, or at least the FAA foresee that and mandate installation of a TTAS (Twin Tower Avoidance System) on every aircraft?
It is plenty old enough.
I had my first gun at 11 and knew that. Heck where I lived, I was somewhat of a late bloomer in getting a gun at 11. Gun safety was always observed.
This is truly a sad story but it is clear that the father was negligent in this case. Page #1 in the manual for the 92fs states that “The only certain way to insure that a firearm has the chamber empty is to open the chamber and visually and physically examine the inside to see if a round is present. REMOVING OR UNLOADING THE MAGAZINE WILL NOT GUARANTEE THAT A FIREARM IS UNLOADED OR CANNOT FIRE. I realize that the teen didn’t have access to the literature and I place the blame at the owners feet. Every night I load the 16th round into the chamber and the first thing I do when I wake is to clear the chamber.
Didn’t consider that. You’re right. LOL!
Makes about as much sense as suing a car manufacturer because the driver hit someone. I know, I know, don’t give these cretins any ideas.
The problem here is lack of training and lack of respect for firearms. The kid should have known, first of all, never to point a gun at anyone unless he meant it.
Second, clearing an auto is a 3-step process:
1. while pointing the muzzle in a safe direction, drop the magazine (not “clip” - idiot journalist alert)
2. rack the slide to clear the chamber
3. visually and manually check the chamber to make sure it’s empty
All the safety devices in the world can’t overcome stupidity and ignorance.
Series-ly
I had some christmas lights that had a label
that said ‘for indoor or outdoor use only’.
so when someone gets killed in a car accident - we see the car manufacturer?
When someone gets killed be a baseball bat wielding thug, we sue the bat manufacturer?
etc?
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