[white trash redneck]

Why not sue the little goblins who use the firearms and the their liberal enablers?

[Clemenza]

The Sheeple's Republic of New Jersey has taken this farther than even my former home state of New York. In Florida, not only was such a lawsuit thrown out of court, but the state legislature passed a law (signed by Jeb) banning such lawsuits.

[Phantom Lord]

How long before all product manufacturers will be held monetarily responsible for anything and everything their product does?

[Orangedog]

The one bit of solice that I can hold onto is that when society finally collapses, the lawyers will likely be the first ones that the angry mobs will go after.

[Joe Brower]

[Steve_Seattle]

This judge is a pig. Worse, a fascist. These are ex post facto laws that they are trying to pin on the gun maufacturers, telling them what they think they should have done.

[alpowolf]

The manufacturers also enable guns to get into the wrong hands by knowingly "producing and selling substantially more firearms than could be justified by the legitimate gun market," Newark alleges

The press allows an outrageous allegation--that firearms manufacturers deliberately arm criminals--to go unchallenged, and then claim to be "objective". I mean, really; this sounds like something from a badly done conspiracy movie.

[Destructor]

This lawsuit is a joke. It might go through the court in New Jersey, but it will be overturned on appeal to another court. The thing to remember here is that if a lawsuit of this type were to succeed- it would turn our system of manufacturing and distribution of goods upside down! Every product sold would come with a BIG price tag to cover the potential lawsuits over misuse of the product.

[goodieD]

let me further your suggestion, let us sue Brady, Inc..and all their minions and offshoot groups because they " mislead the public about the safety of guns and their effectiveness in deterring crime."

We have facts to back us up about the gun/crime statistics, and the safety factor. They have NOTHING but lies. Of course, that's never stopped them in the past. But I figure, if we can bleed THEM dry, they won't have money to spend on lobbying and frivolous lawsuits. Throw in a suit against them for damages due to people who have been killed because they DIDN'T have a gun to defend themselves and BINGO! We've just solved the gun control problem.

[Steve_Seattle]

It is time that the gun manufacturers sue back, sue these states and municipalities for racketeering, because that is exactly what this is. The gun manufacturers must take the offensive.

[Lizavetta]

And I'm sure that money WILL be used to pay for the costs of violence, just like the tobacco settlement was REALLY used to pay for tobacco related health costs, and just like education billions actually went directly to the classrooms and NOT for more assistant principals, curriculum advisors, and other bureaucrats. (/sarcasm)

[Diojneez]

The first state court in New Jersey to rule on whether gun makers can be sued for the costs of gun violence has held that the case can go forward, at least in part.

What this says is that gunmakers should pay the costs of failed liberal anti-gun and pro-criminal policies.

[SirAllen]

Just wait, alcohol companies are next, then fast food restaurants and junk food makers, it will go on and on until the lawyers have all the money in the world.

[mbb bill]

Suing the gun maker won't help till the liberal state handlers are jailed or sent to afganastan where they are amongst their kind. Voters are also at fault...

[Colt .45]

And who said the Genes Pool wasn't dead?! Here is proof of it! Blame the gun, blame the manufacturer, but don't blame the cretin who fired the gun!

[aomagrat]

[Redbob]

"(Judge)Minuskin took issue with the 3rd Circuit's narrow view of New Jersey nuisance law...adding that he was not bound to follow the federal court."

Said Minuskin: "I'm a dipsh*t local hack, but I know more about the law than federal appeals court judges!"

[Liberty Ship]

Well, I can't afford it at the moment, but here goes another $300 to the NRA, and $100 each to GOA and JFPO. We can talk all we want, but that is the only way I know how to shoot back legally.

[George Smiley]

This is the state that thinks you're too stupid to pump your own gas.

What more need be said?

[aruanan]

Essex County Superior Court Judge Arthur Minuskin ruled Dec. 11 that the city of Newark, N.J., could proceed with causes of action grounded in negligence and nuisance, albeit not on product liability or unjust enrichment claims, against more than 15 companies that produce and distribute handguns.

Well, why not go after automobile manufacturers? G-d knows cars cause a lot more injury and death due to negligence and nuisance based on the behavior of the users than do guns. Car manufacturers also have far deeper pockets.

[connectthedots]

Minuskin took issue with the 3rd Circuit's narrow view of New Jersey nuisance law. "New Jersey law does not require that plaintiffs prove both injury to real property and violation of public rights," wrote Minuskin, adding that he was not bound to follow the federal court.

1. Where in the U.S. Constitution is there any mention of "public rights"?

2. Yes he is bound to follow the federal court. The Constitution and laws on the United States are the supreme law of the land.

3. The defendants should remove this case to federal court and also file a civil rights action against the city for violating a number of their constitutional rights. If the do and prevail, which they will, the city will have to pay damages plus all their legal fees. It is a sure way to get cities to stop this nonsense.