Good news in Cal. Gun case tossed..

[Glock-A-Roo]

California court rejects anti-gun lawsuits

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/11/BAG6CB9EL81.DTL

SAN FRANCISCO
Court rejects suits against gun makers
- Bob Egelko
Friday, February 11, 2005

Lawsuits against major gun manufacturers by San Francisco and nine other cities and counties, accusing them of carelessly supplying firearms to high- risk dealers who sell them to criminals, were rejected Thursday by a state appeals court.

In the suits, filed in 1999, local governments said that gun makers flooded the market with more weapons than could be sold legally and turned a blind eye to practices of the small percentage of retailers that sold guns disproportionately used in crimes. Several other municipalities around the nation have filed similar suits, which would be banned by gun industry-backed legislation now pending in Congress.

The suit was dismissed in 2003 by a San Diego Superior Court judge, who said no connection had been shown between any action by the manufacturers and the harm cased by illegal gun sales. The Court of Appeal in San Francisco, where the case was assigned for appeal, acknowledged the devastation caused by guns in American society but said the cities and counties had no legal case against the manufacturers.

The defendants were engaged only in "marketing their product in a lawful manner to federally licensed dealers,'' whose allegedly illegal actions they neither encouraged nor controlled, the court said.

Besides San Francisco, Northern California communities involved in the suit included Alameda and San Mateo counties and the cities of Sacramento and Berkeley.

 

[Daniel964]

Someone activated some brain cells and used common sense?

And in california.

 

[Greg L]

Is this a sign of the appocolypse or a signal of a return towards sanity .

 

[Henry Bowman]

Greg -- I just saw four horsemen crossing the river and heading your way!

 

[mbs357]

Whoa, that's...wow!

 

[CAS700850]

I hate things like this. they restore my faith in the judicial system.

 

[Old Fuff]

There may be more to the picture. If the court had ruled in favor of the cities all kinds of manufacturers could be sued using the same argument. This is a bridge many courts don't plan to cross, regardless of their feelings about guns.

 

[Nazirite]

The temperature has dropped over the past few days. Makes you wonder?

 

[bg]

We need as much good news as we can get here under the iron skirts of
Corruptfornia..Here's some....so far.
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/10875059.htm

 

[flatrock]

Good news, but it will likely be appealed, so it's unlikely that it's really over yet.

 

[Standing Wolf]

San Francisco, Berkeley, Sacramento, Los Angeles and the counties of San Mateo, Alameda and others alleged the makers marketed, distributed, promoted and designed handguns in a manner ''that facilitates the weapon to be used in violent crimes.''

If the firearms manufacturers had any guts, they'd counter-sue that bunch of shameless leftist parasites.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Now's the time for the firearms manufacturers to counter-sue. Will they?

Might rain nickels later this evening, too.