Bernie Flip Flops on Sandy Hook

[72DejaVu]

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Sunday said Sandy Hook victims should be able to sue gun manufacturers for the 2012 elementary school shooting that killed 20 students and six adults, backtracking on previous comments.

“Of course they have a right to sue, anyone has a right to sue,” the Vermont senator said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Sanders in an interview with the New York Daily News last week initially said the Sandy Hook family members should not have the right to sue gun manufacturers for damages.

"No, I don't," he said, in response to a question from the editorial board.

[link:http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/276591-sanders-on-lawsuits-against-gun-manufacturers|

[DemonGoddess]

1. more pandering n/t

[HillareeeHillaraah]

2. So he acknowledges that they can sue but...

what, thinks they should lose the suit?

Why is this guy in the corner of gun manufacturers?

NOT a democratic, NOT fit to be the leader of our party!

[sarae]

13. Basically...

...that is what he's saying. He keeps mentioning that he doesn't want to hold "independent" mom-and-pop gun stores responsible, to try to make himself sound better.

[SunSeeker]

3. More lies from Sanders.

No Mr. Sanders, not "anyone has a right to sue." Thanks to your vote for the vile PLCAA law that Hillary voted NO on but was out voted, victims of gun violence can't maintain a lawsuit against gun manufacturers. Their lawsuits are dismissed before they can have their day in front of a jury.

[George II]

5. But in his very words about other bad votes, "it would have passed anyway".

[SunSeeker]

11. Yes, it reeks of hypocrisy.

Certainly the Iraq War Resolution would have passed without Hillary's vote, but Sanders acts like her vote put it over the top.

[jmowreader]

15. Fortunately, the Amber Alert bill "passed anyway"

[George II]

4. Give him some slack, he's probably exhausted after helping Pope Francis write...

....the next Papal Encyclical.

[Thinkingabout]

6. Well, guess he doesn't have to apologize, it would have been simple.

[misterhighwasted]

7. Maybe it was that # cometojesusmeet-n-greet

Its all about image afterall.
And a whole lot of bull crap

[bluestateguy]

8. I'll sort of be honest here

I take a generally dim view to lawsuits against the gun industry just because some kook went on a shooting rampage.

Unless the gun store owner violated existing laws by selling a gun to an illegal buyer, who then went on a killing spree. That's different.

But I don't like the idea that Congress can just pass blanket legislation outlawing all suits against one industry. That seems to smack of government favoritism toward whichever industries have the most political power.

Let people make their case in court, and if a suit has no merit, let a judge throw it out, or a jury find for the defendant.

[brer cat]

14. Some of us think that they have to be held accountable

for how they advertise...bring it on!

[mcar]

9. Flip flop!

[fleabiscuit]

10. I thought it was a very condescending answer he laid out. n/t

[dlwickham]

12. Bernie condescending?

never!

[FloridaBlues]

16. Can you say Connecticut and votes coming up next week

[geek tragedy]

17. They call him Flipper nt

[DesertRat]

19. Bernie Panders. nt

[Loki]

18. So in other words,

Bernie's been feeling the Burn. Good.