Posted on 12/14/2009 8:13:03 PM PST by lex33
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned away a new challenge to a 2005 law that gives gun manufacturers immunity from lawsuits by shooting victims.
The justices on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Hector Adames Jr. to revive his lawsuit against the Beretta U.S.A. Corp. over the accidental shooting death of his 13-year-old son.
The justices on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Hector Adames Jr. to revive his lawsuit against the Beretta U.S.A. Corp. over the accidental shooting death of his 13-year-old son.
The Illinois Supreme Court threw out the lawsuit, citing the federal 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
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Joshua Adames
The Illinois Supreme Court threw out the lawsuit, citing the federal 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
Adames’ son, Josh, was shot and killed by 13-year-old Billy Swan, who found his father’s Beretta and removed the magazine containing the ammunition. He pointed the gun at Josh and pulled the trigger, not knowing that a bullet remained in the chamber.
Swan's father, David Sawn, was a Cook County sheriff's department correctional officer at the time.
Adames sued Beretta, saying the gun did not have the proper warnings or a safety mechanism that stops the gun from being fired without the magazine in place.
The case is Adames v. Beretta, 09-253.
Doesn’t the 92 have a chamber loaded indicator?
That's insane! I wonder how much money Beretta had to waste in defending this frivolous lawsuit.
Yes it does.
Idiot. It is too bad his son had to pay for his stupidity. He ought to have been charged with manslaughter. On the plus side, maybe this is his only child and he won't reproduce any more.
Mr. Adames, if he must sue, should have been suing David Swan for leaving a loaded firearm, with a round in the chamber, within reach of a child.
I didn't know that LEOs there are above the law.
Rule number one...every gun is always loaded.
Exactly.
As Grandpa use to say “Keep all the guns in the house loaded cause them unloaded ones keep killing people.”
I have a two story home. Each floor has an emergency 12 gauge “fire extinguisher” fully loaded.
I keep our EBRs (does an AK clone qualify?) with an empty chamber and a full 30 round mag.
No kids, though, and I still have the carry weapon, which IS fully loaded, on my hip, with a couple of dogs to make things more interesting...
Add in the attack cats, and a disputed entry to my home could be, I hope, costly.
I think that's because of this case.
I take these extra precaution because my cats are idiots, and have proven time and again that they are not to be trusted.
All these socialists in the fed system think the rest if the nation in rural areas will go along with thier fascist policies.
Ain’t gonna happen. Fortress America is now set. The Obama Junta is reforming an empty basket, and when they try force, it will get ugly.
I hope to God they leave us alone up here on the mountains of Vermont.
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