Posted on 05/20/2008 4:24:47 AM PDT by libstripper
The media have been telling us to watch the gun-control case now before the U.S. Supreme Court, where we await a decision about Americans' Second Amendment rights. But the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals just handed down an equally important gun decision that has additional implications against judicial supremacy.
The court, which convenes in New York City, shot down the longtime liberal dream of achieving gun control by suing gun manufacturers for crimes committed by firearms. In a remarkable decision, this federal appellate court dismissed City of New York v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp. and protected gun corporations against frivolous lawsuits in state and federal courts.
The lawsuit was brought by the City of New York in order to seek control over gun suppliers. At stake was not merely money but also whether liberals would obtain from judicial activists the gun control that the liberals could not get from legislatures.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
If it was on a BROOM, that was probably HILLARY on the way to a campaign event in Florida.
Big news, actually, and thanks for posting. I’ll be watching this one. This technique was one of the most potentially powerful and least honest means of choking off an entire industry, just as the tobacco industry was assaulted. If this is truly the end of it it will affect more than the firearms industry, it will bring a breath of fresh air to every industry vulnerable to Big Tort Law.
Some young kid was injured by a ball hit by an aluminum bat. Unfortunately the kid is severely damaged mentally as the ball stopped his heart. The parents need money for his care, understandably. But they are suing the bat manufacturer, the Little League and one other party.
Evey time a human tragedy occurs, and severe grief ensures, like flies on a suppurating wound, the legal “profession” appears to attempt to make a killing.
They’re suing the sporting goods store where they purchased the bat.
Bloomy must terribly saddened by this...
Yes, but better keep them away from those evil SUVs. I shudder to think of the carnage!!
That, and the Chicago laws, should be the next target after Heller. Although maybe simultaneous with challenges to all Federal firearms laws, right back to and including, the Federal Firearms Act of '34.
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