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In reply to the discussion: Okay, for the last time: A car is NOT the same thing as a gun. [View all]-..__...
(7,776 posts)55. Not just wrong... dead wrong...
Let me offer you a bit of friendly advice here... if you're really that intent and determined to take on the NRA, firearms manufacturers, 2nd amendment advocates, etc, it would benefit you immensely if you at least bothered to take the time and research/learn what the fuck you're talking about..
QUALIFIED CIVIL LIABILITY ACTION.
(A) IN GENERAL.The term qualified civil liability
action means a civil action or proceeding or an administrative
proceeding brought by any person against a manufacturer
or seller of a qualified product, or a trade association,
for damages, punitive damages, injunctive or declaratory
relief, abatement, restitution, fines, or penalties, or other
relief, resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of
a qualified product by the person or a third party, but
shall not include
an action for death, physical injuries or property
damage resulting directly from a defect in design
or manufacture of the product, when used as intended
or in a reasonably foreseeable manner, except that
where the discharge of the product was caused by
a volitional act that constituted a criminal offense,
then such act shall be considered the sole proximate
cause of any resulting death, personal injuries or property
damage; or
(vi) an action or proceeding
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-109s397enr/pdf/BILLS-109s397enr.pdf
Otherwise you're just going to end up with egg on your face, just like this well known gun banner did...
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Okay, for the last time: A car is NOT the same thing as a gun. [View all]
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2012
OP
Yeah, its really difficult to hop in a car and start driving, even without (GASP) a license!
cleanhippie
Jul 2012
#5
As part of a "well-regulated militia." The Constitution doesn't rule out regulations. n/t
pnwmom
Jul 2012
#15
Considering that mass killings with "assault rifles" are the exception rather than the rule
hack89
Jul 2012
#60
well, you won't hear it from me. It's one of their stupidest arguments, amongst MANY...
CTyankee
Jul 2012
#10
But typically drunk driving will not gather more than a manslaughter or VH charge.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2012
#43
Would you sue Ford if a drunk driver in an Explorer killed a bunch of people on the road?
badtoworse
Jul 2012
#26
I've read it. It does NOT protect against liability from injury caused by defects.
Lizzie Poppet
Jul 2012
#54
If there any points of similarity then you can't really say its a failed analogy.
aikoaiko
Jul 2012
#33
To kill living beings or to help the insecure fantasize about killing people
ProgressiveEconomist
Jul 2012
#41