Log in  
Sign up

Play online chess!

From	Message
thumper 25-Jan-13, 00:10	I'll sue you If the innuendo, mockery, belittling, mock indignation, threats of violence and dissemination (lying) don't produce the desired result, another favored tactic of the modern liberal; I'll bury you in legal fees!! January 24, 2013 Dems looking to expose gun makers to liability claims Rick Moran If you can't go after the guns, go after the people who make them. House Democrats on Tuesday proposed legislation that would ease current law to allow people to file civil law suits against gun manufacturers and others in the industry when they act irresponsibly. The Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act, from Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), would amend the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). According to Schiff, that 2005 law gives gun manufacturers, distributors and gun dealers immunity from most civil negligence and product liability actions. Schiff said his bill is needed to allow suits to go forward when these entities are found to be negligent, or for product liability issues. "Numerous cases around the nation have been dismissed on the basis of PLCAA even when the gun dealers acted in a fashion that would qualify as negligent if it involved any other product," Schiff said in a letter to House colleagues seeking support for his bill. "The victims in these cases are denied the right to even discover and introduce evidence of negligence. "My bill will reinstate the intent of PLCAA, allowing civil cases to go forward against irresponsible actors," he added. "Letting courts hear these cases would provide justice to victims while creating incentives for responsible business practices that would reduce injuries and deaths. At the same time, my bill will provide protection for gun companies who are sued when they do not act negligently, which was the purpose of PLCAA." Schiff added that current law only protects the "worst actors in the industry," and said that "good gun companies don't need special protection from the law; bad companies don't deserve it." Ah yes - the old "good gun company/bad gun company" distinction. Good and bad being defined by Democrats, of course. No details on what would constitute a "bad" gun company, or even a negligent one. The purpose of the PLCAA was to prevent morons like Mayor Bloomberg and former Chicago Mayor Daley of attempting to bankrupt gun manufacturers by holding them liable for gun deaths. You wouldn't hold knife manufacturers responsible for people who died of a stabbing. But no one is out to destroy knife manufacturers while Democrats believe they can solve the problem of gun violence by disappearing those who make them. This bill isn't going anywhere, but it shows the mindset of the gun control lobby. www.americanthinker.com The PLCAA was enacted precisely because of the liberal tactic of filing a constant drum beat of harassing lawsuits designed to financially attack any company, business or industry associated with firearms. The goal was to try and bankrupt the targeted company or force it to close down under the withering assault.
dmaestro 25-Jan-13, 09:06	firearm companies are like the tobacco lobby. death from their product means nothing to them, only profits. eventually we will gain the power to sue them mercilessly and force them to be responsible for their negligent killings or go out of business. the gun lobby kills.
astinkyfart 25-Jan-13, 13:58	DM Would this apply to any and all products? I know swimming pools are the number one cause of death for infants. Can you sue them too? Can we sue mother nature for tornados? What about sunburns?
dmaestro 25-Jan-13, 14:13	What you miss is that guns exist to kill. Pools do not. And pools can be made safe. How can guns be made safe?
astinkyfart 25-Jan-13, 15:00	HAHAHA How can guns be made safe?? Ok now I see the problem. You are in a different universe when it come to guns. Also, the guns are made to kill is a stupid argument. So if pools kill more even tho they aren't meant to kill are they less dangerous? So this isn't about death, its about how you die?

GameKnot: play chess online, online chess puzzles, Internet chess league, monthly chess tournaments, chess teams, chess clubs, free online chess games database and more.