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In reply to the discussion: It's Time to End Legal Immunity for the Gun Industry - Where Do Progressives Stand? [View all]Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)77. Just out of curiosity, what if somebody uses a Rock Island Arsenal gun in a crime?
Or one from Springfield Armory? Does the government enjoy protection denied other manufacturers? If so, why?
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It's Time to End Legal Immunity for the Gun Industry - Where Do Progressives Stand? [View all]
TomCADem
Feb 2018
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Reuters - Las Vegas shooting victims file lawsuit against bump stock makers - Cowards?
TomCADem
Feb 2018
#2
Bernie Sanders On AR-15s: Theyre Not For Hunting. Theyre For Killing Human Beings
TomCADem
Feb 2018
#4
Do you have a source for the auto company being sued for not providing safety devices?
TCJ70
Feb 2018
#84
Bernie voted FOR the PLCAA, which exempted the gun industry from civil liability laws
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#15
Why shouldnt the gun industry be liable for damage done by its products, just like anybody else?
TomCADem
Feb 2018
#7
Do you have examples of other industries being held responsible in the way youre suggesting?
TCJ70
Feb 2018
#10
Yes. If I decide to take out a side walk full of people with my Nissan Rogue...
phleshdef
Feb 2018
#78
Pretty sure that you're reaching, but I think we'll have to agree to disagree.
Crunchy Frog
Feb 2018
#68
So knife makers should be sued for the 1,500+ who get stabbed to death every year?
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#12
They aren't getting swamped with junk lawsuits in a backdoor attempt to bankrupt them like gun manuf
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#20
All manufacturers and sellers should be subject to the same liability standards.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#19
I don't want them to have any protection. They are careless about what they make and the danger it
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#29
Same was true of tobacco....They need to be responsible for the deaths they cause.
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#43
No. That is not where it ends...because if Tide had made their product more deadly if it was misused
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#80
Not everyone who smokes gets cancer first of all and guns are an evil in our society...the murder
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#110
There is no way to know that but putting guns in the hands of murderous people is just plain stupid.
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#112
Tobacco companies have generally NOT been held responsible for the deaths they cause.
Jim Lane
Feb 2018
#97
But they do need it because they were getting junk lawsuits in a attempt to bankrupt them.
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#33
Except the ability to use a gun for violence is at least partially within their control
mythology
Feb 2018
#81
You want any"safety"features they will have to be made into laws/regs, just like the auto industry.
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#87
They could but probably a job for the BATF...they just need to make them illegal.
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#102
I want every gun store bankrupted...never was a gun grabber but iI have changed my mind...sick of
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#32
Yes, if the goal of anti-medicine groups lawsuits was to bankrupt the Rx company
aikoaiko
Feb 2018
#53
This Immunity is Nothing Short of an Outrage--Every Pol Who Voted For It Needs to Be Voted Out
dlk
Feb 2018
#34
Unless defective, I am not for suing gun companies. Just like I am not for.....
USALiberal
Feb 2018
#61
I stand with the PLCAA. Sorry. (As well as the aircraft manufacturers and vaccine makers.)
X_Digger
Feb 2018
#62
Just out of curiosity, what if somebody uses a Rock Island Arsenal gun in a crime?
Pope George Ringo II
Feb 2018
#77
Gun companies should be held liable for defective products like every other manufacturer.
Vinca
Feb 2018
#79
I think there's room to prosecute for certain irresponsible marketing, and irresponsible sales.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2018
#98