Bad Guns! Bad, bad, bad!
Posted on 01/23/2015 6:35:57 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Gun maker Remington has moved a lawsuit by families of those shot in the Sandy Hook school massacre from state to federal court, where at least one expert says it has less chance of succeeding.
Nine families sued Remington and others in Bridgeport Superior Court in December arguing the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle used in the shooting should not have been sold for civilian use because of its overwhelming firepower. A 10th family joined the lawsuit adding a wrongful death claim....
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I’m going to sue the families for giving me a migraine due to their overwhelming selfishness and stupidity.
One doesn’t sue auto manufacturers for drunk driving deaths.
“overwhelming firepower”
LOL
These families could have done something constructive in their grief (ending “gun free” zones in schools, perhaps), but they did this instead.
Such a case, if successful, could establish an interesting precedent.
Imagine, for example, automakers being hauled into court for producing vehicles powered by engines with more than four cylinders; the argument being that a four cylinder engine is sufficient to move people and materials.
Like suing Chevy or selling the Suburban that the drunk driver was driving, based on the premise that no one needs a vehicle of such size.
Sure but they succumbed to the siren songs of ambulance chasers promising large settlements and the prospect of ‘10 seconds of fame’ TV interviews. They fail to see how cheaply theyre selling themselves to people w/ larger agendas who care nothing for their loss.
I took a couple of our Australian exchange students to the range. One of the rifles was a Spike’s Tactical AR-15. You should have seen the smiles on their faces.
Until the overwhelming firepower overwhelmed us.
Now, we’re all dead.
Now we are using adjectives to describe firearm specifications.
“What size engine is in that car, Larry”
“Overwhelming”
I'm suing the nine families for allowing their children to die without permission, thus putting me in danger of having my Second Amendment right infringed.
Bad Guns! Bad, bad, bad!
Pathetic
If this suit ultimately wins it entails a major abrogation of the 2nd Amendment. Semiautomatic weapons will disappear from production in the USA.
In a more enlightened age, these idiots might have been tarred and feathered.
ft lawyers and legal lottery lawyers descended on the families and, if they were not staunch believers in the 2nd Amd then they were prevailed upon to go for the money and to rationalize their induced greed by being convinced they would help end the scourge of guns in society. They are, after all, in Connecticut.
They could sue the school board and legislature for failure to act in loco parentis to protect their children.
The gun free schools law prevented the school staff from protecting the school children. The school staff in adhering to an illegal law neglected to perform their duty to protect the children.
I do not see how they have a chance suing Remington for manufacturing a legal firearm. The governing federal code clearly deem it a legal firearm.
If they win this suit government regulations will have been rendered moot, meaningless and legally pointless.
Possibly working to keep individuals who are dangerous to themselves and others from harming themselves and others? The problem is "free range" mentally ill people.
The site of the Sandy Hook massacre is about 3 miles away from an abandoned Connecticut State mental hospital.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfield_Hills_Hospital
It remains to be seen how much chance of succeeding these suits will have under the legal system of the United States.
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