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Old 10-30-2005, 07:11 PM   #13 (permalink)
Lebell
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Originally Posted by Astrocloud
I disagree.

Are we saying that if I have the safety on a gun -and the gun goes off -then the gun company is free to make these mistakes? Sounds like a fucked up law.
No.

That is NOT what is being said.

You can still sue for defective guns just like you can sue for defective cars.

But you should not be able to sue Ford because a drunk driver killed your spouse and was driving an F150.

Yet that is EXACTLY what they are doing to the gun manufacturers.
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