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Related: About this forumPeople first, not big corporations and the wealthy establishment!
Go Bernie!
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People first, not big corporations and the wealthy establishment! (Original Post)
AZ Progressive
Jun 2016
OP
No one should be exempt from pretrial motions to determine viability of a suite and slaps
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#5
We agree, its bullshit to claim he's not a sell out when his votes tell a different story
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#8
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)1. Bernie went and gave gun corps immunity, ... yeah... go Bernie :rolleyes:
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)2. who would let us be fed to the corporate wolves?
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)3. The person who voted to give some of the wolves immunity? tia
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)4. About that...
http://www.vox.com/2015/10/14/9533389/bernie-sanders-gun-lawsuits-democratic-debate
So all it did really was keep the courts from being further burdened by cases that would've gone nowhere anyway.
But the law is more complicated than Clinton suggested. The PLCAA does not provide full legal immunity to the gun industry under some circumstances. And it's unclear if the law single-handedly stopped any successful litigation against gun makers and sellers.
Adam Winkler of the UCLA School of Law said many of these challenges were likely to fail anyway, since "the law generally doesn't hold people liable for other people's criminal behaviors." Still, the PLCAA provides an easy way to get a lawsuit dismissed without paying for expensive court proceedings. "It not only staved off litigation," Winkler said, "but it provided gun dealers with the ability to stave off this litigation without paying lawyers' fees."
But the law didn't immunize gun companies from all legal liability for their products. They can still be held liable if they make or sell a deficient firearm that, for instance, explodes during normal use and injures or kills the user or a bystander. And they can also be held liable for "negligent entrustment" for example, if a gun shop sells an 8-year-old a gun and the child accidentally shoots someone, the store can be held liable by the shooting victim.
So all it did really was keep the courts from being further burdened by cases that would've gone nowhere anyway.
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)5. No one should be exempt from pretrial motions to determine viability of a suite and slaps
... are illegal and can be charged such by a judge or magistrate.
No one should be immune
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uponit7771
(90,304 posts)8. We agree, its bullshit to claim he's not a sell out when his votes tell a different story
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)7. K and R
LWolf
(46,179 posts)9. Go, Bernie, Go! nt
LexVegas
(6,031 posts)10. NBA Finals start tonight. Go Raptors!
Arazi
(6,829 posts)11. Go Bernie!