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So exactly how does the counter clerk tell if someone has criminal intent?
Why not sue WB-DC for their antihero fiction about psychotic killers?
If sleazebag lawyers are able to start convincing a bunch of idiots in the jury pool that this is legitimate... it will mean big problems. We are aviation enthusiasts; the lawyers killed off the small airplane industry in the 1980s. They would manage to convince juries that accidents caused 100% by pilot error were related to manufacturing and design defects.
This is a case that will go nowhere fast.
Won’t see the light of settlement. Let alone, discovery.
Once the ammunition has been sold. It’s solely the buyer’s responsibility. And no one else’s.
Palsgraf v. Long Island RR Co. Judgment for defendants.
“We’re coming for you.” The plaintiff’s lawyer sounds like a real tool.
Ferguson shooting victim’s parents sue ammo seller for selling bullets to police dept-
There fixed it
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In the more than 2 years since the Aurora shooting, no judge, DA or any of the numerous psychologists/psychiatrists have declared or adjudicated the accused shooter to be mentally ill...
And yet the ammo dealer, engaged in lawful business activity, and with mere minutes to determine the buyer’s mental state (as if somehow this could be possible over the ‘Net?) should have somehow known that the transaction should not be made because this buyer was/is criminally insane and planning a mass shooting?
All the times I’ve bought ammo online (often a couple thousand rounds at once) and I’ve yet to see the checkbox for “Are you insane or a psycho killer?”
My heart goes out to all who lost loved ones in that crime...But the blame lies solely with the person who pressed the trigger that awful night...And once/if convicted, long past time he paid the price...
Of courswe this is Colorado, so with Chickenpooper in the Guvner’s office, no death sentence for Mr. Holmes...
he wasn’t wearing body armor.
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getaway??
that car brought him there..
with out that car he would not have been able to get all that gear there.
Now that sounds like a really stupid thing to say to “online retailers (that are) selling ammunition, tear gas, high-capacity magazine(s) and body armor”
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S. 397 (109th): Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act ... Introduced:
Feb 16, 2005 (109th Congress, 2005–2006)
Status:
Enacted — Signed by the President on Oct 26, 2005
Law:
This bill became the law numbered Pub.L. 109-92.
A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.
Summary
Library of Congress »
Section3 - Prohibits a qualified civil liability action from being brought in any state or federal court against a manufacturer or seller of a firearm, ammunition, or a component of ...
Side note: The sponsor of this bill was former Sen. Larry Craig, of Idaho and "wide stance" fame.
Side note 2: Many years BEFORE this bill was passed, stemming from the LIRR massacre, former Congresscritter Carolyn McCarthy sued Olin Corporation, the parent of Winchester Ammunition under products liability and negligence theories for their manufacture of the Black Talon bullets used by Colin Ferguson, the shooter. McCarthy's suit failed. Carolyn McCarthy retired because she contracted lung cancer, and in spite of having a 40+ year history of smoking, filed suit against asbestos manufacturers.
Some people are just stupid and listen to ambulance-chasing lawyers.
Why not just sue gas stations/oil companies because someone bought gas for their auto there, later got drunk and had an accident that killed someone? ....Makes as much sense.
These people are suing the ammo manufacturer for one reason only. Because they have the deep pockets. That is where they will find the windfall they are looking for. Why not sue the theater for making it a gun-free zone, thus allowing criminal shooters to have their way with no interference? Why not sue the parents of the shooter for not raising him “correctly”? Why not sue...well, you get the idea.
If the US had laws like England, this would not be happening. People sue here because even if they don’t get what they are asking for or don’t win the lawsuit, they can almost be assured of getting something out of a settlement. In Britain, the loser has to pay all court costs, theirs and the defendants, if they file frivolous suits or lose. People are not so quick to sue if it may hit their pocket book instead of creating a windfall for them.
Maybe they could sue Haines for making his underwear.
I would hope that if, God forbid, one of my loved ones were ever to die in an event like this, I’d be more inclined to be inspired by their life than I would be inclined to try and cash in on their death.
So sue Pepsi, McDonald’s and the local BBQ house for making people fat.
Are they going to sue Hollywood for making them go see that particular movie on that day?