Posted on 12/21/2004 6:10:45 PM PST by satchmodog9
Aaaaarrrrgggghhhhhh!
lol
What if she had bought rope instead of a gun? Would they want to hold WalMart liable for that?
Exactly! Deep pockets are being preyed on for the most outrageous things these days! Sounds like WalMart did everything according to the law so I say any judge or court that would even take this case is another example of why we need tort reform..........NOW! BTW, my heart goes out to these parents but if this young woman was determined to kill herself, she'd have found a way.
It sounds to me like the parents are suing to absolve themselves of any guilt or responsibility in this tragedy. If they can convince a judge or jury that it's WalMart's fault, then they're off the hook.
I'll take Tort reform for 2005 Alex.
Thanks for the grammar lessons, now we can all post/speak more better. ;-)
Correction: More betterER.
Your welcome /intentional lack of grammaticality....
"fine the mother for a frivolous lawsuit."
That should be the first step in tort reform.
Phil Hendrie had a spot on his program where a former slave owner was suing the government for financial losses from the lost labor of those emancipated. The take here might be Wal-mart suing the family for bad publicity.
It's the entire 'it's somebody else's fault' mentality that is out of control. And what is especially sinister about it is that it has become a for-profit industry.
No good can come from any of this.
I feel sorry for her parents, but if this girl was set on killing herself, she would have found another way even if WalMart had refused to sell her the gun. She'd still be dead.
I'm not. My sympathy went away when they filed this frivilous lawsuit. They should be driven to the nearest Wal-Mart, taken out back and pistol-whipped by the gun department employees for trying to make a buck off of their "tragedy". Tort reform NOW!
If she wants to sue, she should sue the state of texas for not submitting the mental records to the system... of course states have deep pockets and all the time in the world... Wal Mart's far more likely to pay...so the attorney's decided to go after them.
I use the "more better" phrase because I am grammatically challanged. It is surprising how many people miss it.
My husband and I bought a little rifle (maybe a shotgun, I forget). Anyway, he wasn't allowed to buy the ammo with the gun. I bought it on a separate purchase. We asked the guy why that was. He said it was to protect me in case my husband was a nutter. If that is the policy at that Walmart, I would think it is the policy everywhere. You can buy a gun and not ammo or vice versa, but you can't buy both at the same time.
It sounds like the parents are to blame for not reading the signs on their own daughter and locking her up. I can't stand our society of blaming everyone except the person who did the deed.
Was there a background check?
Oh man!! I done forgot my grammar lesson.
More better = one person
More betterer = two or more persons
Thanks.
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