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Appeals court dismisses NY suit vs. gun industry
Reuters ^ | Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:46pm EDT | Reporting by Christine Kearney; Editing by Daniel Trotta and Doina Chiacu

Posted on 04/30/2008 10:59:14 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York City against gun makers and suppliers the city targeted in a bid to stop the flow of illegal weapons.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the city's claims against the manufacturers and wholesale sellers of firearms, saying a federal law granted them immunity.

The decision overturns a lower court ruling.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist
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1 posted on 04/30/2008 10:59:14 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: The KG9 Kid

Ha ha.

Now wait for the countersuit...


2 posted on 04/30/2008 10:59:54 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Yes!

FU Bloomberg


3 posted on 04/30/2008 11:00:01 AM PDT by wastedyears (The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Weinstein gets stuffed again. Not that it’ll matter.


4 posted on 04/30/2008 11:02:27 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Especially since he has already gotten away with violating federal firearms laws, by him sending his agents out of jurisdiction to illegally conduct straw purchases in Virginia.

If anyone else had done that, they’d be facing felony federal firearms law violations and serving time. Bloomberg is a very dangerous demagogue.


5 posted on 04/30/2008 11:03:06 AM PDT by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Fascist Bloomberg Fails!!!


6 posted on 04/30/2008 11:05:01 AM PDT by bmwcyle (I always rely on God and Guns in that order)
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To: The KG9 Kid
Now make NYC pay for the entire cost of the suit.

We need a federal "loser pays" system for these sorts of things.
7 posted on 04/30/2008 11:06:32 AM PDT by Antoninus (Just a typical white guy.)
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To: The KG9 Kid

One for the good guys!


8 posted on 04/30/2008 11:07:00 AM PDT by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: The KG9 Kid

BTT. It may be news to certain members of the New York City government that they don’t run the country.


9 posted on 04/30/2008 11:07:14 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: The KG9 Kid

Great news!


10 posted on 04/30/2008 11:07:46 AM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Good. We should instead sue the criminal who kill people, not the gun company.


11 posted on 04/30/2008 11:08:23 AM PDT by Ptarmigan (Bunnies=Sodomites)
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To: 2banana

I bet Bloomberg is so angry he could just scratch the judge’s eyes out!!!!


12 posted on 04/30/2008 11:10:24 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: Ptarmigan

Yes, and the gun shop owners that were subjected to Bloomies illegal tactics should sue Bloomberg and NYC. I think that one did....

I second the FU Bloomberg comment.


13 posted on 04/30/2008 11:10:35 AM PDT by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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To: wastedyears

I worked on a similar class action lawsuit led by a Marching Mommy lawyer from New York, but I thought that was won by the gun people back in the late 1990s. Maybe not.

Here is a very good article on that case.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:3OSpRhmVAs8J:writ.lp.findlaw.com/sebok/20000705.html+Findlaw+gun+%22Hamilton%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=ca


14 posted on 04/30/2008 11:10:39 AM PDT by Appleby
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To: wastedyears
Obama-Bloomberg 2008
Ob-ama-Bl-oo-m-berb 2008
Ob- - -oo- -berg 2008
Obooberg 2008

15 posted on 04/30/2008 11:12:07 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: The KG9 Kid

Bet ‘ol Bloomberg is just going to be a big bundle of joy at the family dinner table tonight...


16 posted on 04/30/2008 11:16:54 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Abathar

There is no “family dinner table” for Bloomie. He is a middle aged unmarried guy who refuses to tell anyone what he does on the weekends, but during the week he puts on his Emperor’s crown and makes proclamations and directives that we peasants are expected to abide by. He is a freak.


17 posted on 04/30/2008 11:21:42 AM PDT by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Read the article and note the original lawsuit was filed by the July-Annie Administration in 2000 and ammended by Bloomy afterwards.


18 posted on 04/30/2008 11:26:27 AM PDT by paulcissa (The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
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To: The KG9 Kid

GREAT NEWS!


19 posted on 04/30/2008 11:29:37 AM PDT by stockpirate (Be a MAVERICK in the GOP , go against the wishes of our nominee John McCain!)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Oh, and Hi Rush.


20 posted on 04/30/2008 11:47:50 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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