Posted on 03/29/2015 8:17:01 AM PDT by rktman
The parents of a woman killed during the Aurora movie theater shooting lost their bid Friday to hold ammunition sellers liable for the attack.
Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, whose daughter, Jessica Ghawi, was one of 12 people killed in the July 2012 attack, had sued four online retailers that provided bullets, gun magazines and body armor alleged to have been used in the shooting. They accused the retailers of selling the items without concern about the mental fitness of the buyer or the items’ intended use.
The retailers “established and operated businesses which attracted — and catered to — dangerous persons such as (James) Holmes,” the couple’s complaint argued, “and yet they failed … to reasonably screen to prevent such dangerous people from obtaining arms.”
In an order issued Friday, Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch ruled state and federal laws protect ammunition sellers from such lawsuits. He dismissed the case.
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Morons!
A gun free zone is gun free, except ......
they need to blame whom ever suggested they sue in the 1st place.It never had a chance
That is kinda like suing a gas station for selling gas that was put in a car before an accident.
Pity da man with a pocket full of keys and pocket change!
And lawyers wonder why Americans have more respect for used car salesmen than for them.
Good news.
I hope the ammo companies didn’t have to spend any money for defense. Or maybe they got reimbursed by the plaintiffs for the frivolous lawsuit.
Remember that frivolous lawsuits and legal actions are what brought us Obamacare.
It’s path was paved by attorneys doing the wrong thing and suing the wrong people.
selling the items without concern about the mental fitness of the buyer or the items’ intended use.
Ok, so to buy ammo under their theory we will need to see a shrink for an hour or so and then go through lie detector test to determine if we really do plan to go target shooting or hunting?
Let’s see now. A insane man speeds his new (fill in) and plows into the pedestrians crossing the street, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries.
Do the victims families or the survivors have legal standing to sue the AUTO DEALER who willfully sold the car last week, without checking the mental state of the customer.
If a mental health test was required before making the purchase of a motor vehicle, think of how many lives would be saved across the nation.
Maybe not a bad idea.
(IF you agree, then YOU are nuts, too)
The parents of a woman killed during the Aurora movie theater shooting lost their bid Friday to hold ammunition sellers liable for the attack
What next sue Firestone because the car that ran your child down had those tires on it? The ammunition had no more to do with your daughters death then the tires on a car that hits a child. A sick human being took your childs life.
The ATF does checks, it asks a person buying a gun if they are mentally ill, so the will not be sued. This is supposed to stop gun violence as per liberals.
The salesman who.... sold the car, the battery that started the car, the tires the car rolled on, the oil that lubricates the engine...........the law schools that puke out shysters.
They should have sued the theater for failing to protect their daughter or denying her the ability to protect herself.
The same is true of any school shooting victims.
Good. Sorry these people lost their daughter, but they are using her death to either enrich themselves or to hinder Second Amendment rights. They can go to he!!.
People need to be careful on these “slippery slopes” set up by the greedy, shyster lawyers. They would love nothing more than to be able to sue oil companies for supplying the gasoline put in cars involved in fatal accidents. Greed is an ugly thing.
No doubt somebody has something in the works to sue oil companies over glow-bull discombobulation eventually. Auto manufacturers as well.
Have they sued the movie theater for not having MENTAL detectors installed.
... of OKBOMB (McVeigh) trial infamy...
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