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To: Myrddin
I know this is a little OT, but your post reminded me of it. Last night I watched Runaway Jury. I didn't know anything about it before I watched, other than it was a thiller. I don't think a movie has ever made me so angry before. That was the biggest piece of propaganda BS I have ever seen come out of Hollywood. They try to make the firearms industry look like a shady wing of the VRWC with limitless funds to buy off juries, investigate people, and ruin their lives. Of course, the gun banners are next to saintly. I can't even begin to express how mad this movie made me. If you care about firearms at all, do yourself and favor and don't watch this movie if you haven't already. Your blood pressure won't go through the roof like mine did.
1,682 posted on 02/29/2004 5:17:49 PM PST by thecabal ("Well, boys, I reckon this is it - nuclear combat toe to toe with the Ruskies." --Major T. J. Kong)
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To: thecabal
Last night I watched Runaway Jury. I didn't know anything about it before I watched, other than it was a thiller. I don't think a movie has ever made me so angry before.

The premise of the movie was preposterous. Your're correct - don't waste your money on this one. Anti-gun ownership ala carte with lame story line.

1,687 posted on 02/29/2004 5:41:02 PM PST by MamaDearest (If you could tell a terrorist, you couldn't tell him much!)
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To: thecabal
I'll avoid spending the time and money on that movie. The same resources will buy another pound of my favorite powder and time to load some more rounds.

The gun grabbers are hot to destroy the firearms industry via endless liability lawsuits. They forget that allowing such lawsuits makes a legitimate case for suing car manufacturers for any damage caused by misuse of an automobile. The car manufacturer has no more control over how a car is used after it leaves the factory than a gun manufacturer has over their own product.

There is a place for product liability suits for cars and guns. If a steering linkage fails because of poor design or manufacturing and causes death or injury to a driver, that is a legitimate problem. The same could be said of a gun if the slide on a semi-auto flies off the frame and puts out an eye or the firing chamber ruptures when standard factory loads have been used. That is a product defect. A firearm is NOT defective if it dispenses a lead projectile to the point of aim when the user pulls the trigger. That is what is is designed to do.

1,698 posted on 02/29/2004 6:01:23 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: thecabal
Unfortunately, I just watched that movie last week, and yes, my blood pressure hasn't settled down yet...
2,006 posted on 03/01/2004 10:14:49 PM PST by texasbluebell
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