Sandy Hook parents file lawsuit against Bushmaster

[Patriot]

From the lawsuit filed in court:

"The AR-15 rifle, designed as a lightweight but fearsome combat weapon for troops in Vietnam, can expel 30 bullets in a matter of seconds, each of which is capable of piercing body armor and causing catastrophic injury. It has no place among Americans' handguns and hunting rifles."

They want all AR-15's banned.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/15/news/companies/sandy-hook-bushmaster-newtown-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[sqlbullet]

So, I don't know what tactic the defense team for Bushmaster will take, but here is the obvious flaw I see in their contention that Bushmaster is responsible for this monster having access to the gun.

He killed his own mother to get it.

Say no civilians had an AR-15.  If they guy was willing to kill his mother to get the gun, would he have had any compunction about killing a police officer to get an AR-15?  I don't think so. 

My heart goes out to these families.  As a father of six, I can imagine the pain, but can't imagine how you go on with that pain. I hope they eventually find a way to cope. I think this lawsuit if probably motivated out of grief on the part of the families.  But I fear they won't find the balm they seek either in victory or defeat.

[Rich10]

There is legal precedent for this.  Bushmaster and others  will be fine.  The suit will probably be dropped. 



The school district might lose a civil suit to the families, though.

[Wolfie]

They will settle, do not need the bad press

[Patriot]

They will settle, do not need the bad press

That would be a big mistake. They would essentially be admitting AR-15's are military weapons only, and will only fuel the anti-gun crowd.

[Wolfie]

Sometimes its cheaper.

Not saying its right, they should sue the father as he is wealthy.

[sqlbullet]

Out of court settlements in civil law do not establish precedent.

[Geeman]

This will help sale of the black rifles, and make .223, 7.62 NATO, and similar ammo difficult to get due to huge demand.

Deja Vu all over again!!!

Greg

[Buckeye 50]

As the parent of two boys, I can't imagine what these victim's parents went through (still).  It is too bad they are being led down the path of lashing out at everything that was in no way relevant to the actual event crime.  The shooter could have chosen to drive a car into an auditorium and taken out WAYYYY more than bullets.

Let's have Roseanne and Rosie O'Donnel sue the spoon companies for making them fat.............

Pat

[ShadeTreeVTX]

Or all the car companies for car related deaths.


Doug

[sqlbullet]

Or all the car companies for car related deaths.

Doug

Not all the car companies.  Just ones that make cars with high capacity gas tanks and passenger compartments that have no place on our civilian highways.  Like my suburban.

[Wolfie]

Doubt this will help sales, I think everyone is stocked up by now.

In fact gun sales are down.

[Rojo27]

November 28, 2014 (Black Friday) 2nd most firearm purchase background checks in 1 day EVER.  Over 175k and second only to Dec. 21 2014.  Consequently the largest "Black Friday" total EVER.

[Wolfie]

How many guns and ammo are people going to buy?

Gun sales are still down from last year.

[mag360]

Down for the year perhaps, but if black friday number say anything it is that the market has found a new higher equilibirium.  Im in cali and have female coworkers buying guns for the first time.  If we are doing it behind enemy lines y'all should be doing it too.  Also more people are getting carry permits driving small gun sales.  Im surprised when 50% of adults in free states DONT have a carry permit and itis actually 3-10%.  That number is inching up, slowly.