Lady liberty wins again this week when the U.S. court of appeals in San Francisco sent the victims of a 1999 gun crime packing (no pun intended) when they tried to sue the actual manufacturer.
Amen and Amen! It’s like fat people suing McDonalds or smokers suing Phillip Morris. It’s become the ‘in’ thing to sue everyone and everything you can. Not important if the company was acting legally and only made the weapon. They wanted them to be held accountable. For something they didn’t do.
Here’s some more from the article:
The case stemmed from a rampage in which white supremacist Buford Furrow wounded five people, including three children, at a Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills and then killed a Filipino-American postal worker, Joseph Ileto, in Chatsworth on Aug. 10, 1999.
Furrow later pleaded guilty to 16 federal charges including committing a hate crime and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Meanwhile, the surviving victims and Ileto’s mother sought to sue Georgia-based Glock Inc., RSR Wholesale Guns Seattle Inc. and Norinco for allegedly marketing the guns in a way that encouraged illegal purchasers to buy them.
In an earlier ruling in 2003, the appeals court said the plaintiffs could sue the companies on the common-law claims of creation of a public nuisance and marketing negligence.
I’m sorry boys and girls, and you can correct me if I’m wrong here, but this smells an awful lot like “victims” looking for deep pockets rather than out and out justice. It looks an awful lot like some people want to to turn a tragedy into a payday.
Sorry if that ticks you off, I just call em’ like I see em’.
Discuss.