I actually agree with Bernie. The gun issue is dumb.

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You can't expect a manufacturer of a legal product to bear any liability for what a criminal might use the product for.

[revbones]

1. Waiting for the too-clever-by-half twisty twist.

How's life in the campaign?

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2. I agree with him too. We can't sue car manufacturers for driver-caused accidents, nor liquor makers

for drunk driving, even though those are terrible tragedies too.

[Recursion]

3. And yet we banned lawn darts and let people sue their manufacturer

(Well, OK, not the manufacturer, but the toy distributer that bundled them with other yard toys)

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4. If gun manufacturers specifally market automatic weapons to civilians....

I don't see why they can't be sued, when the makers of any other dangerous product can be. There's a right to bear arms, so simply making hand guns shouldn't prompt a suit, but when you are marketing military grade weapons to the general population...that should open up some liability.

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5. They don't. Automatics are highly restricted. Semi-autos Similiar to the AR

Have been around For +100yrs and are extremely popular. The govt even sells them (SA) through the CMP.