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Ilsa

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2. If the dealer sold the car to a rich fourteen year old,

Reply to clydefrand (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 07:20 AM

Oct 2015

then yes, maybe they have some degree of liability.

Burton was 18 years old at the time. The legal age to buy a gun in Wisconsin was 21. He allegedly paid a friend to buy the weapon for him. The officers claim the gun store knew the purchase was illegal and conspired with the friend "to change his answer [on a form] to claim falsely that he was the actual buyer of the gun."

If this is factual, then I suspect making money off the sale of the gun was more important to the owners than keeping weapons out of the hands of persons who should not have guns.

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"Milwaukee officers' lawsuit could set gun law precedent" - CBS News article [View all] OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 OP

Well, lets say I am clydefrand Oct 2015 #1

If the dealer sold the car to a rich fourteen year old, Ilsa Oct 2015 #2

^^^ This... OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #3

sue the dealer Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #5

Right. This case has nothing to do with suing manufacturers... OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #6

I do not understand myself Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #12

Why don't auto manufacturers sell cars with bayonets attached to the front bumper... stone space Oct 2015 #20

Black man stopped for riding bicycle, while being beaten by two cops, pulled gun and shot them HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #4

Could you link me to a story about that? kiva Oct 2015 #7

I found it on WISpolitics, I think on Sunday HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #8

Milwaukee tv station refers to it as 'confrontation' on sidewalk HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #9

This reference in Journal Sentinel article HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #10

Thanks. kiva Oct 2015 #11

The author of the article is incorrect, the case is unlikely to set a legal precedent Lurks Often Oct 2015 #13

"How the NRA Hobbled the ATF" OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #15

Perhaps, but really how hard is it to build a case against a straw buyer? Lurks Often Oct 2015 #16

That may be true as well. OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #17

Add the media being more interested in ratings & money, then honest reporting Lurks Often Oct 2015 #18

Absolutely. Pretty much all of our institutions, imho. n/t OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #19

Um.. no, no 'precedent' here. X_Digger Oct 2015 #14