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Originally posted by Clewd
Although suing the gun manufacturer might seem to be placing fault where it doesn't belong, I still think that it is justified since, unlike other products that the previous poster mentioned, the express purpose of a gun is the injury or death of another living being or the threat of it.
This is probably one reason that suing the cigarette manufacturers will work whereas suing pencil manufacturers won't.
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I know, I was going to the extreme on that. Gotta rant sometimes.
That's part of the problem. That isn't the express purpose of a gun. Many people use them for other sports. Target shooting, skeet-shooting. They may be simulating the death of another living being, but there are plenty of people that use them for the sole purpose of having good aim. Its an Olympic event.
I'm not a gun owner, or hunter, but I can respect the fact that guns don't mean "kill" to everyone that owns one. Archery, Fencing, Knife-throwing, etc. these are sports that sprang out of killing, but have simply become sports.