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Sue Remington for Sandy Hook?
tailgater Offline
#1 Posted:
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sandy-hook-families-can-sue-gun-maker-remington-arms-supreme-court-rules-today-2019-11-12/

This feels like a dangerous precedent.
Not only does this seem to go against the existing federal rulings that you can't sue a gun maker for crimes committed with their product, but it could pave the way for similar lawsuits against manufactures of potentially dangerous goods, or even those goods that are perceived to be dangerous.
You make a product that's used in a mass murder? Get ready to be sued.
KingoftheCove Offline
#2 Posted:
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Hmmm................wonder how long before someone sues Budweiser because a drunk driver killed their daughter...
ZRX1200 Offline
#3 Posted:
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I hope when they lose they have to pay legal fees.
fiddler898 Offline
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Really. Next thing you know the government will allow lawsuits against cigarette companies.





Oh, wait...
MACS Offline
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Initially I could see the reasoning behind suing cigarette companies. They lied about the dangers of their product, so I don't think the comparison is appropriate.

After they started putting the warning labels, telling people "this will kill you", the onus falls on the dipsh*ts that go forward despite the warnings.

We all know cigars are bad for us, yet we do it... our own damn fault.

98.2% of gun owners never murder anyone... so the makers get sued for the 1.8% who do??

So the next time a retard drives a box van through a crowd, we gonna sue the maker of the van? Idiotic.
frankj1 Offline
#6 Posted:
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I heard Sandy Hook never happened!
Krazeehorse Offline
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KingoftheCove wrote:
Hmmm................wonder how long before someone sues Budweiser because a drunk driver killed their daughter...


And the manufacturer of the vehicle the drunk was driving.
ZRX1200 Offline
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Why don’t they sue the school for not being a gun free zone?

That would have prevented it......
Buckwheat Offline
#9 Posted:
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I also think this sets a dangerous precedent. Litigation only makes the attorney's richer and it never solves anything. fog
Gene363 Online
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ZRX1200 wrote:
I hope when they lose they have to pay legal fees.



Absolutely, regardless of their tragic losses, suing Remington or other gunmakers is basically mean spirited and possibly greedy.
MACS Offline
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Buckwheat wrote:
I also think this sets a dangerous precedent. Litigation only makes the attorney's richer and it never solves anything. fog


100% accurate. I'm sure there are good lawyers in this world, but it seems many of them are greedy fkn douches.
Abrignac Offline
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This is nonsense. As stated above, should they ultimately win I suspect a significant number of trials lawyers will file all sorts of ridiculous product liability suits.

That being said, the SCOTUS is going to allow a case to be tried. Regardless of the outcome, I suspect the Court will revisit the case. Unless I’m missing something the Court usually allows a case to work it’s way through the system before it rules on the merits.
Krazeehorse Offline
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MACS wrote:
100% accurate. I'm sure there are good lawyers in this world, but it seems many of them are greedy fkn douches.

An attorney I know told me his father (also an attorney) always told him that as soon as you go to court you've already failed your client.
rfenst Offline
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Abrignac wrote:
This is nonsense. As stated above, should they ultimately win I suspect a significant number of trials lawyers will file all sorts of ridiculous product liability suits.

That being said, the SCOTUS is going to allow a case to be tried. Regardless of the outcome, I suspect the Court will revisit the case. Unless I’m missing something the Court usually allows a case to work it’s way through the system before it rules on the merits.


The decision was not whether gun makers could be sued, but whether a particular statute blocking liability applied to this fact specific case. Scotus determined it did not. It did not rule that the gunmaker had to pay- just that it had to rely on other defenses than the one ruled could not.
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
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KingoftheCove wrote:
Hmmm................wonder how long before someone sues Budweiser because a drunk driver killed their daughter...



This has already happened more than a few times to various alcohol producers, Budweiser included.
Mr. Jones Online
#16 Posted:
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Bunch of C.R.A.P.

I HOPE REMINGTON BEATS THEM...

IT WILL BE TOTAL ANARCHY, IF THEY DON'T...

EVERYBODY SUING EVERBODY for just a hangnail
or a bruise from any product whatsoever.
frankj1 Offline
#17 Posted:
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I think I went to high school with Sue Remington
delta1 Offline
#18 Posted:
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heard she could be a pistol...
Abrignac Offline
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delta1 wrote:
heard she could be a pistol...


I heard her magazine was double stacked
izonfire Offline
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frankj1 wrote:
I think I went to high school with Sue Remington

Heard you loaded her and cocked her.
How many shots you get off???
Abrignac Offline
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izonfire wrote:
Heard you loaded her and cocked her.
How many shots you get off???


I heard he misfired.
izonfire Offline
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Abrignac wrote:
I heard he misfired.

Faulty trigger...
delta1 Offline
#23 Posted:
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the actual course of events, according to Sue, was that Frank had a hang fire...

he came ... and went about 15 seconds later, after putting his piece away...
Abrignac Offline
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delta1 wrote:
the actual course of events, according to Sue, was that Frank had a hang fire...

he came ... and went about 15 seconds later, after putting his piece away...



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frankj1 Offline
#25 Posted:
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a gentleman never tells...
but I will say that she left money on the dresser when she left.
Abrignac Offline
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frankj1 wrote:
a gentleman never tells...
but I will say that she left money on the dresser when she left.


Did you sweep away the line in the sand you made as you walked away?
frankj1 Offline
#27 Posted:
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it was Winter...actually was the day I came up with the title of my most famous movie Three Tracks in the Snow.
Abrignac Offline
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frankj1 wrote:
it was Winter...actually was the day I came up with the title of my most famous movie Three Tracks in the Snow.


It was probably cold and deep.
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