"gonjah" wrote in message
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On 5/5/2012 11:54 AM, Home Guy wrote:
gonjah wrote:

Should we outlaw cars too harry?
Can consumers sue gun companies for product liability / defective
product reasons like they can for cars or other consumer products?

If an old lady can sue McDonalds because she burned herself when she
spilled a hot coffee, then why can't a home owner sue Smith& Wesson or
Colt because their product did not have enough built-in safety
mechanisms to prevent accidental injury or death?

If normal consumer product tort and liability laws applied to gun
companies as they do to all other consumer product companies, there
would be a much different gun situation in the US. Guns would be more
expensive and much safer to handle when exposed to children for example.

And anyone injured or killed by a stolen or lost gun (a gun that was not
reported to the police as being lost or stolen) should be able to sue
the last registered owner for negligence and wrongful death.

Insurance companies would or could include additional premiums for
homeowners that have or maintain dangerous products in their house that
can kill or injure others or be stolen and used to injure or kill others
- most specifically firearms.

If you want to make it so that it's your right to own a gun - fine.

If you want to own a company that makes or sells guns - fine.

If your gun injures or kills someone (regardless who pulled the trigger)
then some degree of responsibility should be aimed at you, and your ass
should be able to be sued for (at least) monentary damages.

You have to carry liability and property damage insurance to own/operate
a car.

The same should also apply to firearms.

This is moving the goal posts IMO. Good arguments, but not the root issue
of the right to bear arms.

Harry wants to law guns. Not practical here and will never happen anyway.

Actually, if ou had thought about it, you would realize they are false
arguments.

You have a right to sue for damages if the PRODUCT is DEFECTIVE, and are
subsequently damage BECAUSE of the defect
You are NOT allowed to sue because a third party misuses the product
There are NO car manufacturers successfully sued because they were harmed
from driver negligence, error or even criminal use.
Ditto for ANY other product that were used in such a way.