California Attorney General Sues Gun Club Over Forest Fires (6 Million Dollars!)

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[Copernicus]

The suit, filed in late July in Trinity County Superior Court, alleges that the gun club was hosting a “service rifle shoot” on July 29, 2006, in which participants where firing assault weapons, including Ruger Mini 14s and Armalite AR-15s.

[Copernicus]

As President William (BJ)Jefferson Clinton said "We will bend every possible rule"

Good thing we have the "Vote Freedom First" Administration to bring a halt to this kind of nonsense.

[freekitty]

It is nonsense

[From The Deer Stand]

All the Gun Club has to do is declare that they are Democrats and the MSM and Rat party will come to their aide.

[Army Air Corps]

...in which participants where firing assault weapons, including Ruger Mini 14s...[emphasis added]

The author just won the Stupid Prat of the Day Award.

[Red Badger]

Who filed the suit and what evidence do they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the fire was as a result of the clubs event?.................

[Copernicus]

Ping to Banglist. The War On RKBA continues unabated.

What will happen under Obama or ObamaLITE(McCain)

Best regards,

[Red Badger]

Whenever someone says that near me, I usually say, “ALL weapons are “assault weapons” That’s what they’re made for.”.....................

[Copernicus]

Who filed the suit and what evidence do they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the fire was as a result of the clubs event?.................

Evidence? We don't need no stink'in evidence!

Best regards,

[absolootezer0]

properly equipped, yes, a mini14 can turn froma harmless ranch rifle into an EBR.

[markman46]

Jerry moonbeam Brown calif AG... dang I widh we could recall his loon butt

[Lurking Libertarian]

what evidence do they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the fire was as a result of the clubs event?

Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is only needed in criminal cases. If (and I recognize this is a big "if") the AG can prove by a preponderance of the evidence that (1)they acted negligently, and (2) that their negligence started the fire, then yes, they should be liable.

[bravo whiskey]

agree. i don’t care what it looks like, if it isn’t fully automatic it isn’t an assault rifle. these are tha same idiots that think everything with tracks is a tank and bulldozers have wheels (jerusalem attack)

[Red Badger]

But knowing Jerry Moonbeam and his minions I would not put it past them to manufacture evidence in cases such as these...............

[John123]

This article is misleading... it isn't about the right to bear arms... this is just a simple liability case... a sparking bullet was alleged to cause the fire and burn down a house...

If the state can prove their case... then it is the Gun Club's responsibility to make good.

[FFranco]

I think that because this is a civil suit the standard of proof is not ‘beyond a reasonable doubt.’ Instead, the prosecution will be required to prove there is ‘clear and convincing’ evidence they were responsible. That is a lower level of proof.

[Myrddin]

When is the AG going to start suing "gay" groups to recover the taxpayer subsidies for treating AIDS infected gays? The gay groups are promoting the behavior and the health care burden foisted on the taxpayers is astronomical. Perhaps that isn't "politically correct". Attacking gun clubs brings cheers from the lefties. It's more political grandstanding.

[r9etb]

Hm. I guess it would be too much work for the author of this piece to actually tell us whether or not the fire in question was actually caused by the event in question....

If the shooters actually did cause the fire, then I guess they should get the same treatment as anybody else who causes a fire ... and this is it.

[Bitsy]

All the Gun Club has to do is declare that they are Democrats and the MSM and Rat party will come to their aide.

I dunno Rats are used to eating their own.

[Red Badger]

In California, juries have the IQ of a warm day in Siberia.............

[the anti-liberal]

Too bad we can’t sue enviro-mental-ists for making it impossible go properly thin and maintain forests and so being the direct cause of increasingly more dangerous and damaging forest fires.