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Originally posted by Charlie:
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Originally posted by Yorick:
Gun companies should be sued by the families of people killed by their products.
Timber? Surely there's a buck in that for you?
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I love you to bits Yorick but I think this argument is invalid. Who do we sue? The gun manafacturer, the bullet manafacturer, the cartridge manafacturer, the gunpowder manafacturer/inventor without whom none of this would be possible.
Right, let's all sue the Chinese....
If you have to hide behind a gun (outside of warfare and in times of extreme self defence) then you have no arsehole and no confidence in your right or left hook. Honestly, I'd rather take a good hiding than use a gun.
PS. The answer to the original question is an emphatic and resounding NO!! I very much do not like guns.[/QUOTE]You'd sue the gun manufacturer alone. The one who assembles all the parts to create the instrument who's sole purpose is to end human life.
The cartridge isn't going to kill someone. The bullet alone won't either. Unless you choke on it while biting it.
I don't know. It seems America is driven by a culture of litigation. I'm suprised no-one has tried this. Maybe they have and failed. I don't know... it would seem like they could have a case though. If a thief can sue the owner of a house who leaves a rake in their yard why not?