Feds SueOver BB Guns

NewsMax ^ | 10/31/2001 | Staff

[Swordmaker]

WASHINGTON – The Consumer Product Safety Commission filed an administrative lawsuit Tuesday against Daisy Manufacturing Co. seeking the recall of 7.5 million Powerline Airguns because of what the CPSC says is a substantial risk of death or injury to anyone using one.

Daisy, of Rogers, Ark., has refused to recall the weapons, which have been on sale since September 1972.

The CPSC said there have been at least 15 deaths and 171 serious injuries – 80 percent of them children under 16 – associated with the airguns. The CPSC alleges defects in Daisy's manufacturing.

The CPSC began investigating the BB guns in May 2000 after hearing Daisy had made changes to the model 856 Powerline Airgun in 1999 to eliminate the possible places where a BB could get stuck.

Tuesday's lawsuit contends the guns are defective because BBs can become lodged in the magazine of the airguns, even though the airgun can appear empty. That, the suit says, can lead to children playing with the weapons, believing them safe. The stuck BB can then become dislodged, causing death or serious injury if fired in the direction of another person.

Despite the 1999 modifications, the CPSC contends Daisy models 856 and 880 are still defective because they fail to incorporate an automatic safety system. The airguns have a manual safety button.

Daisy lawyer Jeffrey Locker said it was difficult to believe users are unaware of the presence of a BB, stuck or not, because it takes seven steps to fire the guns.

The family of John Tucker Mahoney had been pushing for a recall ever since the then-16-year-old Pennsylvania youth was shot in the head in 1999 by a friend and left in a near vegetative state with severe injuries. Daisy settled a suit with the family for $18 million.

[Stopspin]

... 7.5 million BB guns of this design and only 15 deaths in 28 years?

I wonder what these folks have planned for Automobiles , Air Planes , Roller Blades and Terrorists ?

[rockfish59]

very interesting!!! it just so happens that i will be picking up a winchester model 52 .22 (made in 1930). i'll keep your suggestion in mind. (heh heh)

[rockfish59]

i'll bet they ALSO go after BeBe rebozo!!!! lousy go*****ed do-gooders!!

would any of you mind if i punched her lights out??

[stainlessbanner]

Daisy settled a suit with the family for $18 million.

Hope Papa Mahoney is enjoying his windfall...what an idiot!

[Brownie74]

It just keeps getting crazier and crazier everyday. Has anyone out there heard of personal responsibility. As I have told you before, I was raised in the country with a gun in my hand. So were all my friends. We never shot anyone because we had responsibility.

I remember shooting with the NRA when I was a Cub Scout. I bet that would go over big today!!

[HP8753]

Safe for indoors.Just make sure you use a good backstop,like a commercial pellet trap.

[HP8753]

The CB's are extremely quiet out of a bolt action .22 rifle.I was amazed,they are quieter then my pump up Crosman 2100.
Same velocity as my Crosman=725-750 ft./sec,But 29 grain bullet vs. a 7 grain pellet gives it 4X the punch.

[IronJack]

Somebody's got to say it: You could put your eye out with one of those things!

[Feiny]

I had absolutely nothing to do with this! ;^)

[HP8753]

Make sure you get the CB's .They also make a CB long that is a little bit faster=825 ft./sec or so.Still very quiet but not as quiet as the CB's are.
Both are quieter than a .22 short

[gc4nra]

I never had one. I guess my Dad thought they were to dangerous, so he bought me a .22 rifle for my eighth birthday instead!

[rockfish59]

lol! from now on i'll call her 'feinswinepigsass'!! how's that?

[sneakypete]

Incidentally, the woman chairperson of the CPSC who is pushing this term will expire this week. Appointed by B. Clinton.

And what is it of Bush-2's presidency that makes you positive this woman will be replaced?

[sneakypete]

STUPID computer!

Hey,MY computer makes stoopid mistakes too! Think they are related?

[Zorobabel]

"Incidentally, the woman chairperson of the CPSC who is pushing this term will expire this week. Appointed by B. Clinton. "

Repeal the 19th Amendment. Big nanny goobermint started when it was enacted.

[Calvin Locke]

From another article... ...promoted the air rifle recall after a teenager in Pennsylvania pointed what he thought was an unloaded air rifle at a friend and pulled the trigger, resulting in permanent disability to his friend.

Using this line of thinking, shouldn't we ban movie making? Brendan Lee was kill in a freak accident with a prog gun? What about cars? Most cars are designed to go in two directions. We should removed reverse so as not to confused people.

And aspirin factories. Maintenance workers are killed by moral degenerates, just to wag the dog.

Ad infinitum...

[rockfish59]

AND being sloooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww???????

good thing i have a foam brick on the table!!