Evidently the gun manufacturer learned nothing from the tobacco settlement. Unbelievable.
And pork sausage, cars, sharp pencils, shaving razors, etc, etc, etc.
TIME TO EXTERMINATE ALL STINKING LAWYERS!
Ridiculous.
I mean, it sounds like they were giving away rifles in a prison exercise yard!
Are they suing the car manufacturer? He did shoot from the trunk. And what about the gasoline manufacturer? The scope manufacturer? Why we need Bush and tort reform...
Thousands of lawsuits will be brought up in any city block in Washington, DC!
Its sad the Bushmaster makes a fine product, but their legal department has no ammunition.
"Bushmaster Responds to Brady Groups False Claim of Victory
Thursday September 9, 2004 9:24AM est
http://www.bushmaster.com/
Windham, Maine -- The Washington DC Brady Group would have you believe they won some kind of victory! The Brady Group brought this lawsuit not for the victims, but for their anti-gun agenda. The Brady Group asked for the settlement conference after reviewing all the evidence they knew they could not be successful in court and they wanted to stop paying lawyer fees.
The Brady Group sent a second tier lawyer to the settlement conference with nine demands on Bushmaster regarding business practices and Bushmaster denied them all. We then gave the Brady Group our statement that we support the BATF licensing requirements to be a Federal Firearms Licensed (FFL) holder and our support for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) safety programs, and they accepted our statement. We did not agree and would not agree to change the way we do business or make any additional demands of our customers. We were emphatic that Bushmaster did not commit any wrong doings.
The attorney for our insurance company was at the settlement conference and informed us that about half of our policy limits had been spent on trial lawyers. It was the insurance company’s position that all of the limit would be spent on this case, and therefore turned the funds over to Bushmaster to use as we saw fit removing the insurance company from the case. Our choice was to continue spending it on trial lawyers or turn it over directly to the victims’ families with no funds going to the Brady Group for their legal fees.
We felt the compassionate thing to do was give it to the victims’ families, not because we had to but because we wanted to. The Washington DC Brady Group should learn what compassion is really all about!
Bushmaster strongly believes and vigorously supports the rights of citizens to own and use firearms, and the settlement of this case in no way compromises that stand. The Brady Group’s attempt at claiming a victory over firearms manufacturers is a hollow one with no substance. Their attempt to eliminate gun rights of citizens has failed legislatively and will continue to fail with these frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers.
Bushmaster Firearms, Inc."
They sued under a specific D.C. statute that gave victims of any shooting a right of action against the manufacturer of the gun for negligent distribution. Unless other states adopt similar statutes (which might be seen as unconstitutional attacks on interstate commerce) this likely won't have much impact.
OTOH, Cali has been considering just such a statute for some time.
As a Bushmaster customer this makes me furious.
Clearly they should now go after the suppliers of aluminum, steel and plastic who should have known that Bushmaster would make guns from them.
The toothpaste is out of the tube; no going back, now. Dammit, Bushmaster! (I have their Ar-10s and Class III AR-15s)
The toothpaste is out of the tube; no going back, now. Dammit, Bushmaster! (I have their Ar-10s and Class III AR-15s)