“The parents contend that the maker of the Bushmaster is no less culpable because it knowingly marketed a risky war weapon to civilians.”
Apple beware...this may become a precedent!
How often could the parents say that "The maker of the (insert name of vehicle here) is no less culpable because it knowingly marketed a (fill in vehicle weight) pound instrument of death and destruction to people who might operate it in an altered state of consciousness or while distracted."
Pretty soon we're going to be suing the guy who sold the fertilizer to the farmer who grew the corn the distiller made into the whiskey the driver consumed before getting in a wreck, too.
The responsibility has to lie on the person who did the deed, not the people who abused a tool to commit a crime..
Cross bows are / were war weapons,
Knives are war weapons,
Bows and arrows are war weapons,
.38 revolver are war weapons,
blackpowder rifles are / were war weapons.
Where does it end - ultimately with only the military and the police owning weapons. Just like in Shindler’s list.