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"Moskowitz wants to hold manufacturers and dealers liable if their guns are used to harm people in the city. She said victims should be able to sue because guns are inherently dangerous."
Maybe we should pass a law that we can sue the auto manufacturers if we have a wreck in their vehicles because they manufactured a device that is 'inherently dangerous.'
SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2003
New York City's gun control laws are the strictest in the country. Some City Council members want to make them tougher, but they don't agree on how.
“We are being hopelessly out-gunned,†said Manhattan City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz.
Moskowitz has offered up the most controversial proposal. She calls it innovative; others call it overboard. Moskowitz wants to hold manufacturers and dealers liable if their guns are used to harm people in the city. She said victims should be able to sue because guns are inherently dangerous.
"We have to find a way to make gun manufacturers accountable, and moral persuasion isn't working,†Moskowitz said. “Hitting the manufacturers in the pocket book, I guarantee, will have an affect on making manufacturers more responsible.â€
But others say Moskowitz's bill, known as “Strict Liability,†goes too far. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration is opposed to it, and so is Councilman David Yassky.
Yassky, a Brooklyn Democrat, has another plan. He thinks victims should be able to sue if gun makers don't abide by a code of conduct like limiting the number of weapons sold to one buyer and conducting background checks at gun shows.
“I think a reasonable bill that forced the gun industry to adhere to a code responsible conduct, that will fly in Washington and in Albany, but something more extreme may not,†Yassky said.
But none of it flies with New York State Rifle and Pistol Association.
"Hopefully it will get better. We're having serious issues with the lawsuits that they want to press against gun manufacturers,†said Amy Heath of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association.
Bloomberg has said he's all for gun control, and he took aim at a bill in Congress that would exempt the gun industry from its own negligent conduct. Bloomberg and the mayors of Chicago and Los Angeles fired off a letter to the U.S. Senate opposing the measure. It already passed the House.
“We can't offer immunity to the gun manufacturers,†said New York City Criminal Justice Coordinator John Feinblatt. “The mayor said this will be the only industry in the United States that will be given wholesale immunity, and it has to be stopped this type of legislation.â€
The renewed focus on gun control comes partly because of the death of Councilman James Davis, who was gunned down in July by a political rival inside City Hall.
- Rita Nissan
http://www.ny1.com/ny/TopStories/Su...icintid=1&subtopicintid=1&contentintid=33139#
Maybe we should pass a law that we can sue the auto manufacturers if we have a wreck in their vehicles because they manufactured a device that is 'inherently dangerous.'
SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2003
New York City's gun control laws are the strictest in the country. Some City Council members want to make them tougher, but they don't agree on how.
“We are being hopelessly out-gunned,†said Manhattan City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz.
Moskowitz has offered up the most controversial proposal. She calls it innovative; others call it overboard. Moskowitz wants to hold manufacturers and dealers liable if their guns are used to harm people in the city. She said victims should be able to sue because guns are inherently dangerous.
"We have to find a way to make gun manufacturers accountable, and moral persuasion isn't working,†Moskowitz said. “Hitting the manufacturers in the pocket book, I guarantee, will have an affect on making manufacturers more responsible.â€
But others say Moskowitz's bill, known as “Strict Liability,†goes too far. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration is opposed to it, and so is Councilman David Yassky.
Yassky, a Brooklyn Democrat, has another plan. He thinks victims should be able to sue if gun makers don't abide by a code of conduct like limiting the number of weapons sold to one buyer and conducting background checks at gun shows.
“I think a reasonable bill that forced the gun industry to adhere to a code responsible conduct, that will fly in Washington and in Albany, but something more extreme may not,†Yassky said.
But none of it flies with New York State Rifle and Pistol Association.
"Hopefully it will get better. We're having serious issues with the lawsuits that they want to press against gun manufacturers,†said Amy Heath of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association.
Bloomberg has said he's all for gun control, and he took aim at a bill in Congress that would exempt the gun industry from its own negligent conduct. Bloomberg and the mayors of Chicago and Los Angeles fired off a letter to the U.S. Senate opposing the measure. It already passed the House.
“We can't offer immunity to the gun manufacturers,†said New York City Criminal Justice Coordinator John Feinblatt. “The mayor said this will be the only industry in the United States that will be given wholesale immunity, and it has to be stopped this type of legislation.â€
The renewed focus on gun control comes partly because of the death of Councilman James Davis, who was gunned down in July by a political rival inside City Hall.
- Rita Nissan
http://www.ny1.com/ny/TopStories/Su...icintid=1&subtopicintid=1&contentintid=33139#
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