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Fred Sanders

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28. Needing a license is a red herring. The point is the NRA is manufacturing

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 03:13 PM

Feb 2018

and advertising a product that a child should not have, a product designed to kill and maim...not so for a car. If the kid kills someone with a product designed to kill the manufacturer selling and advertising that product would NOT be shielded, except for the NRA Shield Law.

A WMD in the hands of kids is encouraging public danger, and if you encourage public danger you should have your ass sued off.

The answer is legislation that does not shield the manufacturer from the same legal principles everyone else has to live under.

What is so special about gun factories versus any other factory?

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Why shouldnt the gun industry be liable for damage done by its products, just like anybody else? [View all] TomCADem Feb 2018 OP

Because the sole purpose of their product is to kill. Wwcd Feb 2018 #1

We should start suing them as a public health and safety issue BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #2

Didn't Ikea get sued for dressers that tipped over? BoneyardDem Feb 2018 #21

There is a diff according to the GOP BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #33

Weren't the cigarette companies held liable for lung cancer? Good idea for sure. Kajun Gal Feb 2018 #3

They were sued for lying and manipulating nicotine levels hack89 Feb 2018 #9

Gun manufacturers could install safety devices, limit magazine size, etc. But they dont, Hoyt Feb 2018 #4

Also, Like Opioid Manufacturers, They Are Enjoying Record Profits... TomCADem Feb 2018 #5

Exactly. There are plenty of grounds to sue them, beyond product defects. That's why gun profiteers Hoyt Feb 2018 #6

"Obama is going to take away your guns!" krispos42 Feb 2018 #40

Then pass a law mandating such features. Jim Lane Feb 2018 #10

Car manufacturers have been sued for not doing things that improve safety. Hoyt Feb 2018 #11

It Is Legal To Sue. This is Why Gun Makers Asked for Immunity TomCADem Feb 2018 #13

Your statement of products liability law is not accurate. Jim Lane Feb 2018 #14

I Thought Tort Law Is Often Understoood... TomCADem Feb 2018 #15

You're incorrectly assuming that the law creates "an absolute immunity for gun manufacturers" Jim Lane Feb 2018 #19

If all manufacturers liability are the same, then why do gun corporations get special protection? kcr Feb 2018 #17

My point is that gun makers DON'T get special protection -- Jim Lane Feb 2018 #18

I want my 50 state survey! hardluck Feb 2018 #34

Oh, so you don't care about gun violence victims in the District of Columbia? (n/t) Jim Lane Feb 2018 #37

"One of the Nazis in Charlottesville used his car to murder Heather Heyer...... BoneyardDem Feb 2018 #22

A manufacturer -- of cars, or guns, or furniture -- can be held liable for design defects Jim Lane Feb 2018 #25

NRA is marketing guns for kids. The Cricket gun. If said child kills self or others with said Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #26

The answer is legislated standards, not litigation Jim Lane Feb 2018 #27

Needing a license is a red herring. The point is the NRA is manufacturing Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #28

You're simply repeating your false premise. Jim Lane Feb 2018 #29

"Gun shop" not in my post. Gun manufacturer of kids guns is...anything on that? Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #30

This seems to me to relate to selling, not manufacturing. Jim Lane Feb 2018 #32

Here's an example hardluck Feb 2018 #35

Magazines are generally made by 3rd parties. Calista241 Feb 2018 #31

because their products aren't killing or injuring people.... aikoaiko Feb 2018 #7

Seems Like Another Neoliberal Protect Gun Makers Talking Point... TomCADem Feb 2018 #41

Shouldn't General Motors be liable if one of their Trucks is intentionally driven into a crowd? nt aka-chmeee Feb 2018 #8

Was something wrong with your other thread about the exact same thing? EX500rider Feb 2018 #12

Didn't get the purity he wanted, perhaps? n/t X_Digger Feb 2018 #38

The same reason I cant sue Coors if I get killed by a drunk driver. Nt USALiberal Feb 2018 #16

Is there a federal law banning such lawsuits? TomCADem Feb 2018 #20

That is not accurate. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #24

Because it would limit the number of guns available. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #23

Guns have more rights than people. TheSmarterDog Feb 2018 #36

They do, and they are. krispos42 Feb 2018 #39