Lawsuit targets Windham manufacturer of snipers' weapon

Portland Press Herald ^ | 1/17/03 | Mark Shanahan

[choosetheright]

This dealer can't account for how 200+ guns got out of the store. If I was Bushmaster, I think I'd be slamming the dealer and ATF for not catching it sooner. I don't think I'd be saying the dealer is a "good customer" and I'm still happy to sell to them.

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[Puppage]

Maybe they can sue Chevrolet because their product was so easilyMODIFIED INTO A SNIPERS PERCH?

The car is obviously TOO BIG for our own good. Ban it like the .50 cal rifles.Aren't THEY too big?

[umgud]

There is a couple of points I'd like to make about this rifle. The characteristics that define this rifle as an assault weapon, had no bearing on how it was actually used. Even though it has pistol grip, a detatchable magazine and is semi-auto, it was actually used as if it were a single-shot hunting rifle. I have no doubt these idiots would have sued even if the shooters used a hunting rifle. The fact that it is a so-called assault weapon helps hype their case.

[toddst]

This dealer can't account for how 200+ guns got out of the store. If I was Bushmaster, I think I'd be slamming the dealer and ATF for not catching it sooner. I don't think I'd be saying the dealer is a "good customer" and I'm still happy to sell to them.

10-4. I can't imagine Bushmaster wants to take the position that a dealer who can't keep track of its own inventory is a "good customer." That comment is surprising, but it also may have been "interpreted" by the reporter. The article has an anti-gun slant to it IMO.

[bandleader]

I agree.If Bulls-Eye's paper work is that sloppy,then it was up to "The Jack-Booted Thugs At The ATF"(not my words,John Dingle's words,D.MI)to revoke the license.Bushmaster didn't issue the license and must,therefor,sell to federally-licensed dealers.We know why The Grabbers are after Bushmaster,don't we???

[xsrdx]

"More Brady Center BS" BANG!

[bert]

Do they make special sights for lawyers?

[cidrasm]

This dealer can't account for how 200+ guns got out of the store. If I was Bushmaster, I think I'd be slamming the dealer and ATF for not catching it sooner. I don't think I'd be saying the dealer is a "good customer" and I'm still happy to sell to them.

10-4. I can't imagine Bushmaster wants to take the position that a dealer who can't keep track of its own inventory is a "good customer." That comment is surprising, but it also may have been "interpreted" by the reporter. The article has an anti-gun slant to it IMO.

This assumes that Bushmaster KNEW before the sale that the dealer was having this problem. As far as I remember, this tidbit of info didn't come out until after the BATF had audited this dealer in conjunction with the sniper attacks.

Maybe I'm misremembering... can anyone provide a link to a story that proves BM knew beforehand?

[ravingnutter]

The suit contends Bushmaster acted irresponsibly by selling its rifles to Bull's Eye Shooter Supply of Tacoma despite prior government audits that showed the store could not account for hundreds of guns.

ATF is at fault...why did they not yank this guy's license when they found he could not account for weapons in his possession?

[Charles Martel]

Maybe I'm misremembering... can anyone provide a link to a story that proves BM knew beforehand?

I know that it is possible to order a firearm from Bushmaster and have it delivered to a specific FFL, but does anyone know if Bushmaster generally sells to wholesalers which in turn take orders from retail dealers?

Just curious if the company is one step removed from the dealer, as is often the case. Smaller manufacturers usually sell directly to gun dealers, but Bushmaster is not a small company anymore.

More specifically, did *that* rifle come directly from Bushmaster to the dealer, or did it take a more circuitous route? Inquiring minds, and all that.

[TigersEye]

Do they make special sights for lawyers?

Are we changing the subject to varmint rifles? : )

[Redbob]

"This dealer can't account for how 200+ guns got out of the store."

Perhaps you'd like for some independent agency to keep track of gun sales?
BATF, for example?

[sheik yerbouty]

Why isn't the "Nation of Islam" being sued?

[Leatherneck_MT]

I wonder how long we're going to wait before we Sue the damn Gun Grabbers for trying to violate our Constitutional Rights by subterfuge.

It's time we treated these jerks the way they treat us.

[toddst]

This assumes that Bushmaster KNEW before the sale that the dealer was having this problem.

As I read their statement Bushmaster is saying it still would sell to this specific dealer. That seems to me isn't a good idea to say - or do, for that matter.

[Atlas Sneezed]

"The suit contends Bushmaster acted irresponsibly by selling its rifles to Bull's Eye Shooter Supply of Tacoma despite prior government audits that showed the store could not account for hundreds of guns."

Then blame the bleedin' government, not an innocent seller who reasonably relies on the government jackboots to deal with violations of the law.

[Oztrich Boy]

I have no doubt these idiots would have sued even if the shooters used a hunting rifle. The fact that it is a so-called assault weapon helps hype their case.

Well yes they might have wanted to sue. But I doubt that Brady Campaign would be helping if instead of an "assault rifle", it was a genuine "sniper rifle", (say a scope-sighted, bolt-action Remington .30-06)

[umgud]

Model 700 BDL? Very good in '06.