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The responsible criminal was the person who acted as a straw party, but criminals don't have deep pockets, so go after the innocent party.
Talk about spin. In a desperate effort to give the case precident they put in the language about the judge approving the settlement. Why didn't the defense lawyer put in a confidentiality agreement on the settlement?
It also does not mention if it is INSURANCE that is paying this bill. If it is insurance then the owner is not actually out money other than in the form of loosing a carrier. The article does not mention clearly if the man KNEW it was a straw sale or if the owner arranged it himself.
There's also something that's NOT voluntary. It's called 18 USC 922, I believe.
Buy 'em now, folks.
Insurers will see this and raise rates for liability insurance for FFLs.
And that can only cause firearms prices to go up.
Another nail in the coffin, folks- if they can't ban 'em, Plan B is to price 'em out of the reach of most people.
I would usually have sympathy for police officers injured in the line of duty but when a gun has gone through eight different owners before reaching the criminal. to try and hold ruger responsible requires me to point out that they can find sympathy in the dictionary somewhere between s#it and syphllis.
I understand that if you buy two or more pistols in one day, the dealer MUST notify BATFE.
...another scheme for wealth redistribution to left/liberal lobbies of singles.
Hmmmm...
So if the store KNOWINGLY sold the guns to a "straw purchaser" that was buying on behalf of criminals - I can at least see where this case was coming from.
On the other hand - unless the criminal was standing right there, how is a gun dealer suppose to know that it is a straw purchase?
I guess if I am ever injured by a drunk driver, I can not only sue the bartender/liquor store who sold the liquor to the driver, but I can also sue the dealership that sold the "lethal weapon" to the drunk driver (at least if he has a record of drunk driving)?
The perp that shot the officers got his - he died in the gunfight. I am fairly certain that the officers were covered by workers comp, as well as some sort of disability coverage -and should have had their own such policies on top.
I feel for the officers but would feel a lot more comfortable with a lawsuit against the straw purchaser(s). They were the ones who actually provided the weapons to the criminals.
I wonder if we can sue John Effin Kerry because Heinz ketchup enhances the flavor of meat and that causes some people to eat too much and gain weight?
Seems to me everyone involved in this case, on the prosecution side are greedy perverts, only US citizens, not Americans.
the store agreed or the radical activst judge force them?