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GUNS: Triggers are safety features
Jacksonville.com ^ | December 6, 2002 | JAMES L. MANGELS

Posted on 12/07/2002 3:45:01 PM PST by tarawa

Edited on 04/21/2004 9:00:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A recent letter writer complained that U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns is protecting firearms manufacturers from a recent $1.2 million court verdict for "selling a cheap pistol without a safety feature."

Generally speaking, firearms are not cheap. Some are cheaper than others, and used firearms are usually cheaper than when new. Since law-abiding citizens are at liberty to purchase firearms, it is the purchaser who decides what price to pay and which firearm to buy.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
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1 posted on 12/07/2002 3:45:01 PM PST by tarawa
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To: tarawa
Hayhoe=ahole????? Stop,think,GRIN!
2 posted on 12/07/2002 3:48:29 PM PST by litehaus
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To: tarawa
Nathaniel Brazill used the gun to kill his teacher and the jury felt the distributor was partly to blame

The murdering punk should have been hanged from a tree (or otherwise executed in a manner consistent with the 5th amendment and at lowest cost to the taxpayer) the day after being found guilty by a jury trial.

As for the jurors of the civil trial blaming the distributor, they should be charged with conspiring to overthrow the US Constitution.

3 posted on 12/07/2002 3:48:49 PM PST by Mulder
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The murdering punk should have been hanged from a tree

Don't you know? the punishment should fit the crime....FIRING SQUAD!

4 posted on 12/07/2002 9:37:55 PM PST by Madcelt
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To: Madcelt
The murdering punk should have been hanged from a tree...

You're not allowed to say that because he is black. Your now tagged a racist. Go wash out your mouth with soap.

5 posted on 12/07/2002 11:24:27 PM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
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