Newtown Lawsuit vs. Bushmaster, Camden, et al

[gdubya]

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/it ... -35640.php

I considered posting this under the Humor Section. Just read the actual text of the suit, the claims are so wildly inaccurate and misinformed it is comical. I'm pretty sure that this was filed as a de rigueur action, simply because Bushmaster has settled claims before to make someone shut up and go away.

My favorite:
"rifles like the XM15-E2S are capable of propelling ammunition at 4,000
feet per second, which multiplies the lethality of each hit."

[Lumpy]

They'd have to ban tobacco and alcohol if similar standards were used.

[photogpat]

Murdering psycho kid stole the gun from his Mom after he killed her....don't see how either the manufacturer or retailer could have stopped that.

If Bushmaster settles I vote a S&W style boycott.

[Holland&Holland]

Murdering psycho kid stole the gun from his Mom after he killed her....don't see how either the manufacturer or retailer could have stopped that.

If Bushmaster settles I vote a S&W style boycott.

Respectfully I would hope we would wait to see how it came to be and why they settled. Sometimes settlements mean you are still in business to fight another day. I would not be so quick to throw big green under the bus.

[Bearcatrp]

Lets see.... Do folks successfully sew a drug maker when the doctor uses the drug the wrong way and kills a patient?
Do folks successfully sew the auto maker when a drunk driver kills innocent people?

HELL NO! Why this BS lawsuit is even allowed to begin with is just plain stupid. They need to fix this judicial system real bad.

[Grayskies]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/15/fa ... ker-seller

Bill Sherlach, whose wife, Mary, was killed in the shooting, said he believes in the Second Amendment but also that the gun industry needs to be held to "standard business practices" when it comes to assuming the risk for producing, making and selling a product.

So if some teen kills their parent steals their Assault Car and runs over kids at a school, The manufacturer and the dealership are liable?

I am really tired of this I believe in the 2A or are pro-gun but... "some gun ban, gun control law, lawsuit, etc... Goes here" BS!

[photogpat]

Murdering psycho kid stole the gun from his Mom after he killed her....don't see how either the manufacturer or retailer could have stopped that.

If Bushmaster settles I vote a S&W style boycott.

Respectfully I would hope we would wait to see how it came to be and why they settled. Sometimes settlements mean you are still in business to fight another day. I would not be so quick to throw big green under the bus.

Frivolous lawsuits filed then settled for a fraction piss me off from a professional standpoint and do nothing for their stated goal of "think of the children".

[Holland&Holland]

Murdering psycho kid stole the gun from his Mom after he killed her....don't see how either the manufacturer or retailer could have stopped that.

If Bushmaster settles I vote a S&W style boycott.

Respectfully I would hope we would wait to see how it came to be and why they settled. Sometimes settlements mean you are still in business to fight another day. I would not be so quick to throw big green under the bus.

Frivolous lawsuits filed then settled for a fraction piss me off from a professional standpoint and do nothing for their stated goal of "think of the children".

i can understand that. The litigiousness of our society in general gets to me sometimes.

[MXGreg]

From the Foxnews article:

"In fact, one of the Army's specifications for the AR-15 was that it has the capability to penetrate a steel helmet."

I'm going to have to get a steel helmet and see if I can thrust one of my rifles through it, because that's what it was made for, right?

[adam21584]

Might be a good idea to contact the law firm and let them know how the pro gun side of the country feels may change some views if they are flooded with factual responses.

[LePetomane]

Any time the first words out of someone's mouth refer to their support of 2A, I am put on alert.