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bravenak

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1. What if they are making guns easier for children with small hands to use effectively?
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 03:19 AM
Nov 2015

That should be something we can sue them for to make them safer. Too many kids getting hands on parents guns. What if they are making them harder to track? Then they can get anywhere, and we cannot trace them. That should be considered. What if they are marketing them to people who should not have them like biker gangs and such? That should be litigated. They should not have any more immunity than the tobacco companies.

What if they are making guns easier for children with small hands to use effectively? bravenak Nov 2015 #1
"They should not have any more immunity than the tobacco companies." pablo_marmol Nov 2015 #10
When are guns not potentially deadly? They are instruments of death. Their purpose is to kill. bravenak Nov 2015 #13
WTF? - "guns are only harmful when wielded by the small percentage of criminal gun owners" MH1 Nov 2015 #20
But all those things are owner issues - not manufacturer or dealer issues. aikoaiko Nov 2015 #23
IMO, folks who profit from gunz should be held responsible. Hoyt Nov 2015 #2
Bull, it a LEGAL activity. I'd like to make it illegal, but it's not. Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #11
Yeah, racism, confederate flags, being an a#@h%#e, greed, etc., are legal too. And just because Hoyt Nov 2015 #25
I hate guns. Never have owned one in 60 years and never will. Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #31
OK, sorry, you sounded like a gun nut for a moment. Again, just because something is legal, it Hoyt Nov 2015 #36
Correct. But it doesn't mean you can't either. Looks like a stalemate. Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #39
He is right Kalidurga Nov 2015 #3
I actually think all gun owners should need a license and all guns should need a licensed owner or Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #4
How do you find all those illegal guns so they can be destroyed? Nt hack89 Nov 2015 #26
You cant initially... but Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #37
Not sure it will save many lives hack89 Nov 2015 #40
He Is Right - The Public Needs A Villain To Blame For The Perceived Evil cantbeserious Nov 2015 #5
the Tobacco Institute was dissolved after everyone found out about the massive corruption MisterP Nov 2015 #6
Blaming the companies lets our nation's cowardly gun laws off the hook. DemocraticWing Nov 2015 #7
Maybe we should require kitchen knife makers to pay for lost fingers. Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #12
He absolutely is right about it ibegurpard Nov 2015 #8
Allow me to join the chorus of those who know that Bernie is right on this. pablo_marmol Nov 2015 #9
You've missed the main point ProgressiveEconomist Nov 2015 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author pablo_marmol Nov 2015 #43
Yep! mymomwasright Nov 2015 #14
or Phillip Morris responsible for lung cancer BainsBane Nov 2015 #15
Phillip Morris TeddyR Nov 2015 #21
Let's hold pharmaceutical companies responsible for deaths then. tecelote Nov 2015 #16
the law has been used to protect gun corporations BainsBane Nov 2015 #17
What law? Citation please. Scuba Nov 2015 #18
I'd also be interested in knowing when this law was used to block a lawsuit TeddyR Nov 2015 #22
You went too far on that one. aikoaiko Nov 2015 #24
Bull shit hack89 Nov 2015 #27
Quite the fantasy world you live in. Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #32
A look at this thread will show you why your last paragraph is wrong. Jim Lane Nov 2015 #44
This has seemed obvious to me all along dreamnightwind Nov 2015 #19
Exactly the same opinion. Hepburn Nov 2015 #28
Sanders was correct to support the PLCAA, and he should continue to do so petronius Nov 2015 #29
I agree. bigwillq Nov 2015 #30
And the seller of a handgun, which is purposely designed to kill, if sold legally, Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #35
There is as much logic as suing gun manufacturers for selling dangerous products FlatBaroque Nov 2015 #34
I agree with Sanders on PLCAA. n/t tammywammy Nov 2015 #38
No, he wasn't right. He was completely wrong. DanTex Nov 2015 #41
So Bernie has blood on ProgressiveEconomist Nov 2015 #42
Your smear of progressives is a lie. Jim Lane Nov 2015 #45
^^^THIS^^^ beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #47
The staggering level of economic disparity and gun violence are directly linked kristopher Nov 2015 #46
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