Court Rules N.Y. Shooting Victim Can Sue Gun Maker, Distributor

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96. you are exactly correct- Can I make this a new thread asking this question?

you (poster primavera) said
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I've never really thought about it from this perspective before, but does one have a right to know if another person poses an increased risk of causing physical harm?

Consider the classic tort cases in which the homeowner puts up intruder deterrent devices on his/her own property. The property owner is fully within his/her rights to do so on his/her property, but nonetheless has an obligation to erect warning signs, notifying potential intruders that, if they trespass, they may be physically harmed by those devices.

E.g., you can put down a land mine if you really want to, but you have to let everyone know that you've done so, because the law doesn't allow you to blow up the unwary trespasser, even when they're breaking the law by intruding uninvited upon your property, because the penalty of being blown up is disproportionate to the offense of trespassing.

Some courts have also held that, if you have AIDS, you have a duty to inform your partner before engaging in sexual behavior that could put them at risk of being infected with a life-threatening disease.

You can still have sex, you just need to inform the other party so that they know what they're risking. I wonder whether the same reasoning could be applied to the property of gun owners. Yes, you have a right to pack your house with guns, but does the person entering your house have a right to know that, by entering your house, they are assuming a greater risk of being shot than they would in the home of someone who owned no guns?"