Posted on 10/11/2017 7:26:21 AM PDT by rktman
A personal injury law firm is now suing the producer of bump stocks — devices that can be fitted to a semi-automatic weapon to simulate fully-automatic fire — over its reported role in the Las Vegas shooting.
The lawsuit was filed Friday on behalf of concert-goers at the Route 91 Harvest music festival and does not purport to represent the 58 who were killed or the hundreds of others who were injured, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Police said that at least two of the weapons in Stephen Paddock’s hotel suite were fitted with bump stocks. The firm, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, specifically targets a Texas-based arms company called Slide Fire Solutions.
“The people who attended the concert have suffered so much already. The physical injuries are staggering, and we know the emotional injuries can be equally severe and long term,” the firm said in a statement. “Brady has decades of experience supporting the victims of gun violence and has been the only organization in the nation focused on seeking justice for them in the courts.”
The inventor of bump stocks, Jeremiah Cottle, has said he created the device to help the disabled who have difficulty operating firearms, according to The Dallas Morning News. Cottle’s small town company is based in Moran, Texas, a town with only 300 residents.
If the court decides in the firm’s favor, Slide Fire Solutions will be responsible for covering the costs of concert-goers ongoing mental health treatment.
Brady Center Co-President Avery Gardiner said the firm will also go after those who sell bump stocks, not just the original producer.
“It’s not just the makers, it’s who marketed and sold them,” she said. “They are all to be held responsible.”
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So, if a crazy person runs down pedestrians with a Ford Mustang, should they be able to successfully sue Ford?
Typical scurvy lawyers. I think they’ll have a hell of a hard time proving any deaths are directly attributable to the bump stocks.
Sure.
One could make an agreement that the use of the bump stock saved lives.
Reminds me of the old west story of shipping rifles west without stocks to thwart any Indians getting them.
Indians captured a case, and promptly carved their own stocks for them.
Last time I checked, carving tools ain’t out of style. It just requires labor to make your own.
Or then you can use a shoestring or rubber band...
I just wish someone would sue the computer manufacturers and internet service providers for Hillary Clinton for spying on and selling out the United States of America while she was Sec-of-State !?
Hmmmm. Well, with all the computer power in today’s autos, you never know when some miscreant will put some weird code in the program causing the cars to hunt down victims. ;-)
Fixed name of organization to more accurately describe their mission.
I thought there was a law that Obama tried to get passed to be able to go after gun manufacturers and it got killed by Congress. As long as the company is operating within it’s legal limits I don’t think this type of suit is allowed to go forward. I hope the NRA takes this case on, this small company is going to need some heavy hitters or it’s going out of business whether it’s legal to sue them or not. They’ll get tied up in court fees...
Shhhhhhhhhh... Don’t give it away.
So, why didn’t the automakers get sued or the Congress demanding bans on those vehicles that used to mow down pedestrians?
I've seen that said in other places...can you explain?
-- Morgan and Morgan = $Millions in billable hours
-- Bump stock victims = Whatever is left divided by the number of identified victims
This is more “strict liability” BS.
There won’t be any bounty unless the company decides it is cheaper to settle than to contest and win.If contested it will not be simple because the first level will be presided over by a carefully chosen judge who will make sure the deck is loaded for the complainant. The appeals court is harder to pick and is much more likely to rule on the merits of the case. it’s like suing Ford because an F150 was used to by a SJS to crash into a group of people.
Did the bump stock malfunction?
Where’d they get their info?
Might as well sue Obama for Obamacare for raising prices astronomically and lowering the quality of healthcare for all which is far more provable.
This should have as much traction as the original version, when lawyers went after gun makers.
A bump stock absolutely ruins an accuracy the gun has.
The Brady Center and families of victims of the 2012 Aurora shooting sued Lucky Gunner, the online store where some of the ammunition was purchased. Federal judge Richard Paul Matsch dismissed the charges.[19][20] He ordered the plaintiffs to pay Lucky Gunner’s legal fees under a separate Colorado law, HB 000-208.[21]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_of_Lawful_Commerce_in_Arms_Act
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