Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumNY Times Editorial re PLCAA
The Times had an editorial a few days ago attacking the PLCAA and arguing in favor of the lawsuit filed by family members of the Sandy Hook victims against Remington. Although this one wasn't completely inaccurate, the Times referred to the weapon used as capable of "rapid burst" fire, which means the Times staff is either being intentionally misleading or isn't doing the research necessary to understand the topic on which they opine.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/opinion/the-right-to-sue-the-gun-industry.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)hack89
(39,180 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)Even if that was the case. They do not sell any bump fire products.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)flamin lib
(14,559 posts)According to the OP the article said CAPABLE OF "RAPID BURST FIRE". Which it IS with the application of a rubber band.
But don't change your habit of attacking the messenger as a way of ignoring the message.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)Of course you are.
ileus
(15,396 posts)They know their average reader is an idiot when it comes to firearms.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)CompanyFirstSergeant
(1,558 posts)...through all sorts of human enginuity, to do all sorts of things for which it was not designed.
There was some kind of bizarre bump-fire device that I saw on a videotape once.
Hell, the ATF under Clinton would dick around with AR's until the fired more than one round at a time.
But think about it...
My car (according to the speedometer) could do 150 miles per hour.
My cell phone could be used to arrange ransom money drop off.
My backyard could be used to bury loot from a robbery.
But law abiding people don't do those things.
We are surrounded by potentially evil technology.
Just don't use it (mis-use it) for evil and everything will be fine.
Big_Mike
(509 posts)product, as it was used to transport him to the shooting scene? He killed the owner of the weapons (his mother), loaded many other weapons into the car as I remember, and drove to Sandy Hook. Shouldn't the town of Sandy Hook be sued since it inadequately protected children required to be on their premises under law? One can keep coming up with other equally non-culpable entities to sue, and if it were here in CA, they likely would be sued, judging by the litigation going on here.
The reason the PLCAA was written was to protect manufacturers who have no control over someone using their products to harm others. There are criminal and civil laws that cover that part of the question.
DonP
(6,185 posts)Then they get confused and angry. Puts them off their feed and they might accidentally get off the couch and do something about it.
Not likely however.