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I think we can now set the lie to rest. Bernie actually supports stricter gun control. Full stop.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Here we go again!
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)PADemD
(4,482 posts)Same as in 2008.
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)According to court documents filed April 10, in a combined sum, Lucky Gunner and Sportsman Guide paid roughly $224,600 to fight allegations that they failed to properly vet the gunman who used their products to kill 12 people and injure 70 others during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises in July 2012.
BulkAmmo.com, more commonly known as Lucky Gunner, requested $151,574.70 in attorney and travel fees. And Sportsman Guide requested $73,037.87 on similar expenses.
Brian Platt, owner of BTP Arms, an online retailer that sold the gunman tear gas, has also requested $23,714.99 for attorney fees and $33,569.89 in relief.
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The lawsuit was part a larger effort by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence to expose unscrupulous gun dealers that ignore obvious warning signs and sell to customers with malicious intentions.
The plaintiffs, Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, whose daughter, 24-year-old Jessica Ghawi, was killed in the shooting, filed suit in September, but a senior district judge dismissed the claims last month.
The judge cited the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act in the ruling, a law passed in 2005 to shield gun makers and retailers from liability for injuries caused by a third party with their products.
http://www.guns.com/2015/04/23/aurora-theater-victims-family-may-owe-280000-in-lucky-gunner-lawsuit/
Bernie voted for that law, and he voted against the Brady Bill.
PADemD
(4,482 posts)They should have been advised to try to have the law changed instead.
If the law would not allow the sale of assault weapons, teargas, and large quantities of ammo, the manufacturers would have to comply.
Just recently, Reading PA has reinstated gun restrictions after the PA Supreme Court overturned an NRA inspired law that restricted local communities from passing gun ordinances, with the threat of lawsuit by the NRA or others.
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)and citizens should know they don't matter. Nice to see people backing up corporate greed over the rights of little people. I guess as long as the corporations reap profits from murder, whether domestic like gun manufacturers and dealers, or through war like Lockheed Martin, it's all okay.
PADemD
(4,482 posts)Their attorney should have advised them that the law was not on their side. You win by changing the law.
wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)"That was quick evolution."
riversedge
(70,242 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)"I fully support a repeal of the ancient and antiquated second amendment". Just say it.
With feeling.
"The NRA is evil". It is easy to say it.
Just say it.
"I fully support an Australian style buyback of guns".
Why does he not say it?
onehandle
(51,122 posts)This looks like a TV show, not the floor of the Senate.
If Hillary said this, which she has, some here would say that it's 'only words, not actions.'