Posted on 08/01/2005 7:44:15 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama
Mr. Mojo...could you ping the bang list? Thanks
Three cheers for this guy -- maybe his "disease" will spread to others in the MSM! Real logic and sanity -- wow, a shock!!
I’m sure there’s a judge on bench right now contemplating how this law’s an unconstitutional infringement on the right to keep and bare arms.
The only problem I have with this is that it wasn' t extended to all industries. As someone who has a small business on the side that makes some car accessories and who has been sued when someone purposely misused the product, I would welcome the protection from stupid lawsuits like that.
My case eventually got tossed out of court, but I still had to spend quite a bit of money and suspend manufacture for a while.
" A gun hangs in Billy Bob Thornton's doorway. Attached is the sign, "We don't dial 911."
Does this mean we have to start liking this otherwise big jerk a little?
Kind of falls into the catagory of "Liberal until being mugged".
How is this good sense? I don't want a child safety lock and I don't want to pay the increased cost for something I don't want and won't use. Why should the federal government force me to?
Politicians are control freaks who aren't satisfied unless they're meddling in people's personal business.
Just like the author screwed up an otherwise good commentary, the idiots in Washington screwed up an otherwise (on the surface) good bill.
"The Senate also showed good sense by approving an amendment requiring child safety locks be sold with all handguns."
Does this still constitute "gun-control?"
I have a bad feeling about "requiring" gun dealers to sell anything with the gun they just sold. In our community, the NRA just handed out 10,000 trigger locks to anyone who wanted them. Requiring the gun dealer to do anything associated with the selling of a firearm is still "gun-control."
What is next? A law that requires every gun owner to have a gun lock on their guns or face a fine and jail time? I don't know, but it seems to me that the seatbelt laws started this way, first the car manufactors were "required" to have them in the car, and then, laws were passed to "require" everyone to wear a seatbelt!
Just a thought.
That's why I like loser pays legislation. In general, I think people should be allowed to file lawsuits over greivances (and I've been sued frivilously three times). But if you're going to do it, you should have to compensate the person you sued for frivilous litigation.
My countersuit for damages is proceeding.
The problem with loser-pays in a case like mine is that if the plaintiff doesn't have any significant assets that can be seized and sold, it's a one-sided street. I can't collect what's not there, and people don't have to post a bond to be able to sue.
Hm, maybe having to post a bond might not be such a bad idea.
A loser pay law would go very far in doing away with nearly all frivolous laawsuits. But it makes too much sense, so I don't expect to see one anytime soon.
So becasue of that, like Spktyr, I would like to see similar protections extended to other industries.
I agree - I don't use gun locks....I have no small children living in my house so I don't need them. However, this was a good bill (on the surface) and if that's the only thing that got "added in" I can live with it so that the industry doesn't get sued out of existence.
And I don't agree with the author about that part of the bill being okay but I posted the article because it's nice to see a pro-gun editorial for a change.
I know an attorney who countersued someone who was suing him frivilously (over and over harassment). He received a small judgment ($3000 or thereabouts). The person had not much in the way of assets, but had a van that was worth about $800. So the attorney saw the guy parked at an office and called the sheriff's office. The guy had to empty the van there on the street as the attorney took possession. In the end, the guy declared bankruptcy within a couple of days and the attorney had to give the van back, but the lawsuits stopped and he told me there was immense satisfaction in standing by and watching the guy clean out the van.
I've been saying this for years.
I have to agree. I fully expected to see many more damaging amendments attached to this bill. I can live with the 'gun lock with every sale' mandate, as long as I can throw the damned thing away as soon as I get it.
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