Sandy Hook Lawsuit Against Bushmaster Moves Forward

It's a stupid and frivolous lawsuit that should be thrown out but wasn't. The news of the stupid and frivolous lawsuit will cause some interesting political theater but is otherwise just noise.

 

Can victims of drunk drivers sue the auto manufacturers? What about those that advertise how sturdy their cars are and how those on the inside are protected?

 

I'm all for some gun control, but this lawsuit is stupid. The gun worked as intended. If we don't want those types of guns, then congress should act.

 

This is how I see it -- should DPS, Chevy, and Hennessey be sued for this ad...

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Bushmaster should go sue those people for court costs and bankrupt them.

 

The case should have been tossed out of court. What a waste of everyone's money.

 

Yeah man, so marketing totally drove Lanza to commit those horrific crimes

If people had their priorities straight, all the money this lawsuit is going to require should go towards psychiatric care in Connecticut

 

Anyone can sue anyone, the drunk driving victims would lose against car companies because alcohol is one of the products that caused the car to be used incorrectly. Auto companies still lose lawsuits if there is a manufacturing defect or demonstrably false advertising about features or specifications. Everything you need to kill is in the gun, and that's precisely what it's designed for. They will have to prove that this gun more so than other guns makes murder somehow more likely.

 

It's a gun.

What were that dumb mofo's parents thinking when they allowed him to have access to the gun? If they weren't dead - they should be the one's being sued. Not sure what ground the plaintiffs have in this case to sue a gun manufacturer who was following the law.

 

Very few people have an actual use for that type of weapon. The whole "assault rifle" conversation is really a red herring though, if society really wanted to cut down gun violence by several orders of magnitude, we'd be talking about handguns.

 

That's true, but some people do. I think they are really great for hog hunting, especially with a good suppressor.

You are also right about handguns, that's the weapon of choice in most gun violence incidents. Assault rifles are very rarely used but the idea isn't about curbing gun violence, it's just that people are scared of assault rifles.

 

first thing i thought reading this story was of was the guy who ran over all of those folks on during SXSW two years ago.

 

Ridiculous lawsuit. Even if a person is in favor of banning those types of weapons, it doesn't change the fact that there isn't any basis for suing Bushmaster.

 

The only thing the victims are accomplishing by pushing this lawsuit is painting a negative perception on the gun control movement.

 

No doubt...like I said, very few (relatively) people. I still prefer my Winchester 30-30, I'm old school like that.

 

I hate to say I agree with you, but I do. I know some of the Sandy Hook survivors and am as sympathetic as I think anyone can be to their cause, but this move doesn't make sense to me. I know there is desperation due to political inaction and the immense power of the monied gun lobby, but it doesn't make sense here.

1. As others have said, the gun itself performed exactly as advertised. Yes, that can be horrifying. But it's legal to buy the thing, and they never said it was to be used in the kitchen to carve a turkey or slice cheese.

2. So their angle is actually going to be trying to make the case that the manufacturer sold to people who did not have proper training. But that again is about the nation's laws. It is totally legal to sell guns to certain people. It is totally legal to sell cars to certain people. If it was legal to sell a car to a 12-year-old boy, and the boy wrecked the car, that would NOT be the fault of the auto manufacturer. That would be the fault of the nation's laws, and a real legislative branch would move to modify the laws a bit.

Sigh. When even B-Bob is against a move versus the gun lobby, I think it's gotta be kinda doomed.

 

This type of move is how you alienate and anger current opposition even further. This is a severely miscalculated move for the gun control and is great ammunition for the gun lobby. I'm sympathetic to Sandy Hook victims and their families but this is a major bonehead decision. You've got to work with the gun lobby and supporters, not piss them off further.