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In reply to the discussion: David Hogg calls out Bernie [View all]grantcart
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The crux of civil litigation would not be based on product liability so your entire analogy with ladders is not relevant.
The crux of the litigation would be on marketing and distribution liability in which somebody is killed by a gun that was distributed and sold with an intention to avoid legal restrictions or is other wise nefarious.
For example if they distribute to a store that is a few yards from a state line and the restrictions in the other state would make owning that gun illegal but the manufacturer distributes guns to 5 gun retailers who sell in excess of 2000% of what normal gun sales would be for that small border town then the gun manufacturer obviously knows and assists in selling guns to out of state residents in a deliberate attempt to go around the laws of the other state.
It is that kind of liability that gun owners should be held responsible for and is not covered by anything you said.