Gun Makers Must Face Municipality's Claims for Cost of Violence

Law.com ^ | 18 Dec 2001 | Mary P. Gallagher

[white trash redneck]

Why not sue the little goblins who use the firearms and the their liberal enablers?

[Clemenza]

The Sheeple's Republic of New Jersey has taken this farther than even my former home state of New York. In Florida, not only was such a lawsuit thrown out of court, but the state legislature passed a law (signed by Jeb) banning such lawsuits.

[Phantom Lord]

How long before all product manufacturers will be held monetarily responsible for anything and everything their product does?

[Orangedog]

The one bit of solice that I can hold onto is that when society finally collapses, the lawyers will likely be the first ones that the angry mobs will go after.

[Unbeliever]

Not to worry, whatever ruling this spastic faggot judge issues against the gunmakers it will be overturned because his decision is NOT based on reality or law.

[Fudd]

Not to worry, whatever ruling this spastic faggot judge issues against the gunmakers it will be overturned because his decision is NOT based on reality or law.

Yes, but in the mean time , the lawsuits will bleed the manufacturers of money, while the cities will just pass the bill to their taxpayers.....

[Unbeliever]

Yes, but in the mean time , the lawsuits will bleed the manufacturers of money, while the cities will just pass the bill to their taxpayers.....

True, however the silver lining is that this clown has established what he is and will thereby be easier to keep from being appointed to a higher court.
That s.o.b. david souter stated AFTER he was confirmed to the Supreme Court he had always been pro abortion but had made pro life rulings to keep from being recognized as pro abortion in order to move up in the federal judiciary.

[Joe Brower]

[Steve_Seattle]

This judge is a pig. Worse, a fascist. These are ex post facto laws that they are trying to pin on the gun maufacturers, telling them what they think they should have done.

[alpowolf]

The manufacturers also enable guns to get into the wrong hands by knowingly "producing and selling substantially more firearms than could be justified by the legitimate gun market," Newark alleges

The press allows an outrageous allegation--that firearms manufacturers deliberately arm criminals--to go unchallenged, and then claim to be "objective". I mean, really; this sounds like something from a badly done conspiracy movie.

[Destructor]

This lawsuit is a joke. It might go through the court in New Jersey, but it will be overturned on appeal to another court. The thing to remember here is that if a lawsuit of this type were to succeed- it would turn our system of manufacturing and distribution of goods upside down! Every product sold would come with a BIG price tag to cover the potential lawsuits over misuse of the product.

[goodieD]

let me further your suggestion, let us sue Brady, Inc..and all their minions and offshoot groups because they " mislead the public about the safety of guns and their effectiveness in deterring crime."

We have facts to back us up about the gun/crime statistics, and the safety factor. They have NOTHING but lies. Of course, that's never stopped them in the past. But I figure, if we can bleed THEM dry, they won't have money to spend on lobbying and frivolous lawsuits. Throw in a suit against them for damages due to people who have been killed because they DIDN'T have a gun to defend themselves and BINGO! We've just solved the gun control problem.

[Steve_Seattle]

It is time that the gun manufacturers sue back, sue these states and municipalities for racketeering, because that is exactly what this is. The gun manufacturers must take the offensive.

[Lizavetta]

And I'm sure that money WILL be used to pay for the costs of violence, just like the tobacco settlement was REALLY used to pay for tobacco related health costs, and just like education billions actually went directly to the classrooms and NOT for more assistant principals, curriculum advisors, and other bureaucrats. (/sarcasm)

[Diojneez]

The first state court in New Jersey to rule on whether gun makers can be sued for the costs of gun violence has held that the case can go forward, at least in part.

What this says is that gunmakers should pay the costs of failed liberal anti-gun and pro-criminal policies.

[SirAllen]

Just wait, alcohol companies are next, then fast food restaurants and junk food makers, it will go on and on until the lawyers have all the money in the world.

[mbb bill]

Suing the gun maker won't help till the liberal state handlers are jailed or sent to afganastan where they are amongst their kind. Voters are also at fault...