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The Guardian sees hope in states suing gun manufacturers

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:38 pm
by DispositionMatrix
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015 ... tates-hope
“The federal court recognized pretty clearly that the immunity statute does not on its face bar our claim, which is a very significant development,” said Joshua Koskoff, an attorney for the victims’ families.
The Newtown lawsuit alleges that Remington’s Bushmaster AR-15, used to kill 26 people at Sandy Hook, is a military weapon designed for war, and thus too dangerous to sell to the general public. Remington disputes this.
Strange argument. The Bushmaster carbine is most definitely not a "military weapon designed for war."
That the case was returned to Connecticut, where it may receive more sympathetic hearing, is a small achievement in what will be a very long and uphill battle for the families, said Timothy Lytton, a law professor at Georgia State University College of Law and editor of Suing the Gun Industry: A Battle at the Crossroads of Gun Control and Mass Torts.
Seems both the author and Lytton are out of their element if they take the Badger Guns case as a sign since the FFL was clearly guilty of wrongdoing.

Re: The Guardian sees hope in states suing gun manufacturers

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:17 pm
by LGBTGunner
I see this will be on MSNBC with Rachael Maddow complaining that the families have to pay the legal costs.

Re: The Guardian sees hope in states suing gun manufacturers

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:22 pm
by DispositionMatrix
LGBTGunner wrote:I see this will be on MSNBC with Rachael Maddow complaining that the families have to pay the legal costs.
The whole point was to lose, go on political entertainment shows, and whinge to generate some faux outrage.