July 02, 2003
Guns don't kill people, Gun manufacturers do
The Brady Center is filing yet another lawsuit against gun makers, only this one is causing commotion since the judge has allowed the case to proceed on “hypothetical facts”. The case revolves around the inventory fiasco of a reseller, Bull’s Eye Shooter Supply, that sold Bushmaster rifles, one of which eventually fell into the hands of the suspect D.C. snipers, John Malvo and John Muhammad. From the text of Judge Cuthbert’s response to the claim:
“In the present case, assuming the facts and hypothetical facts presented by plaintiffs as true,” he wrote [emphasis added], “Bushmaster Firearms, Inc., knew or should have known that Bull’s Eye Shooter Supply was operating its store in a reckless or incompetent manner, creating an unreasonable risk of harm.”
The case is a slippery legal slope, if the plaintiff wins, it would require gun manufacturers to closely scrutinize the inventory practices of resellers and to be accountable for every screw-up they make. Then again, that’s exactly what the Brady Center is pushing for.
Posted by Stephen VanDyke at July 2, 2003 11:40 AMDEAR SIRS: ONCE AGAIN THE GOVERNMENT IS WANTING TO FURTHER IT’S HOLD ON THE AMERICAN CITIZEN….
I’M SO SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENTS UNDERHANDED DEALINGS WITH THE CITIZENS OF OUR BLESSED COUNTRY.
WE (MY MOTHER AND TWO YOUMGER SIBLINGS, AND I) CAME FROM EUROPE TO A BETER NATION… THE SO CALLED “LAND OF OPPORTUNITY” TO TAKE PART IN AND BE PART OF THE GREATEST NATION ON THIS PLANET..
YET EVERY YEAR THE GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS IT’S HOLD ON THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA, THE LAND OF THE FREE…WITH ONE NEW OR USELESS RULING , LAW, GUIDELINE, ETC. AFTER ANOTHER……………
I FEEL COMPASSION FOR THE PLIGHT OF MR. BRADY..YOUR FIGHT TO BAN GUNS IS A MISS GUIDED ATTEMPT AT MASS PUNISHMENT FOR THE SINS OF ONE INDIVIDUAL…
I HAVE OWNED GUNS OF ONE BRAND OR ANOTHER FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER…THEY WEREN’T LOCKED UP AROUND MY CHILDREN BECAUSE I TOOK THE TIME AND INITIATIVE TO SHOW AND TEACH AND INFORM THEM OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN UNDER THE WRONG CIRCUMSTANCES…
IF YOU TURNED YOUR REVENGEFUL MIND TO SETTING UP TRAINING FOR KIDS, ADULTS, WIVES, MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS ETC. WE WOULD BECOME A MORE LEARNED COUNTRY INSTEAD OF THE UNARMED AND CONTROLLED COUNTRY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE STRIVING TO TURN US INTO…
WE ARE ENTERING AN AGE WHERE WE WILL BE TESTED MORE AND MORE AS TO OUR STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES TO WARD OFF ATTACKS FROM OUTSIDE… WHETHER THEY ARE AL QUEDA OR SOME OTHER OPPORTUNISTIC GANG OF UNDER EDUCATED OUTSIDERS…..
EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE KEY TO RIGHTING A WRONG. OR CONQUERING A FOE… EDUCATION, NOT USELESS LAWS AND RULES THAT DO NOTHING MORE THAN SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT WE AS A NATION ARE HEADED IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THOSE WE PREACH DEMOCRACY TO!!!!!!!!!!!
WE WILL END UP A COLLECTION OF MILITIAS, GANGS, CLUBS, FOUNDATIONS , GRUOPS AND RACES ALL FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF THE REAL ENEMY…. IGNORANCE…
IT IS PLAIN IGNORANCE THAT WOULD MAKE THE LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS GAVE US AS A PLATFORM, SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SECURE STARTING POINT, FROM WHICH TO GROW, NOT REGRESS…I FOR ONE, WILL NOT GIVE UP MY RITES EASILY,,, I DID ONE TIME AND I PAYED FOR IT … NO MORE….
I WILL NOT GIVE UP MY GUNS,, OR NEEDLESSLY REGISDTER THEM, JUST SO THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHERE TO GO TO GET THEM WHEN IT FINALLY MAKES IT’S MOVE TO GO TO A POLICE STATE.
WHEN AND IF IT COMES DOWN TOO IT, I WILL FIGHT WHOEVER THE ENEMY IS… BE HE INFILTRAITOR OR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR…
AND WHAT YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME SINCE YOU WERE SHOT HAS TURNED ME THIS WAY…
ALL THE OLD SAYINGS ABOUT “GUNS NOT KILLING PEOPLE, BUT PEOPLE KILLING PEOPLE” AND THE LIKE, ARE OH SO TRUE… BECAUSE DEEP DOWN INSIDE IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO A POWER STRUGGLE…WHO WILL WIN ? THE PEOPLE WITH THE BIGGEST ROCKS AND STICKS OR THE EDUCATORS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO TEACH AND INFORM THE PEOIPLE ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE WRONG SITUATION…
RW ELLERBY
USA
