04-25-2016, 03:34 PM
(04-22-2016, 06:26 AM)Maggot Wrote: Suing the gun manufacturer is just a way to get money from the biggest corporation possible. The lawyers that go after them are backed by the anti gun groups that see a backdoor to gun control.
Yeah, that's exactly what they're doing and they're open about it.
The victims' families are working with gun control groups to go after the manufacturers and dealers, hoping that high payouts and costly court proceedings will force them to move away from selling assault rifles to civilians.
Hard for me to imagine the Sandy Hook families will win the suit though. Mrs. Lanza bought all of her guns legally and they weren't defective; her kid was defective and she gave him access to all her guns. I could see a judge/jury ruling in favor of the families suing the Lanza estate for liability, but not the manufacturer.
It'll be interesting to see where this goes, legally.