Sandy hook parents to sue Bushmaster

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Parents of some of the victims of the 2012 school shooting in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, will on Monday announce they are suing Bushmaster, the manufacturer of the gun used by Adam Lanza.

They are working with an attorney who represented Michael Jackson’s family in a $1.5bn wrongful death lawsuit against his international concert promoter, and a Democratic lobbyist who worked in the Clinton administration and specialises in taking on major corporations, the Guardian has learned.

Parents of at least 13 of the 20 young children killed in the December 2012 shooting have in the past two weeks opened estates in their names at the regional probate court, a necessary first step in filing a lawsuit over their deaths.
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The sad thing is for a very long time I had nothing but sympathy for those people, now that's entirely gone. I just despise them and wish they'd leave me and you alone. I do pity them a little because apparently they're too ignorant to realize their being used and exploited. Still, I just wish they'd go crawl under a rock. I mean really, sueing bushmaster will fix what exactly? Idiots.

Sorry, rant over.
 
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Perspective is the sum of ones experience, and I'd imagine the loss of a child is something that would change the perspective of almost anyone. I suspect that prior to this tragedy, most of these parents probably didn't give much thought to either side of the gun issue. That the parents seek some form of compensation for their loss---though seemingly misplaced---and that attorneys are standing by to reap the monetary benefits, should come as no surprise to anybody.
 
Well it comes as no suprise to me .

Money is always a good motivator to throw integrity and good judgment into the toilet.

The problem is more and more ridiculous law suits keep being thrown at the system in hopes one may stick here and there. Sympathy is not good grounds for rewarding plantiffs , but it's not like it can't happen.
 
As a person trying to understand human nature, I find an aspect of this curious.

What would be the 'weapon desire' of these parents during the middle of the event? When, in the middle of the battle, would they have wanted to have been armed to protect their family.

In contrast, to the 'desire' after the action and the result is as we see today?

Is there any correlation in our history that drives such a heartfelt passion for each side of this issue?

I might suggest that those who have been in some form of engaged activity have fortified the will for self defense preparedness. In contrast to those who only internalize (fantasize) such an encounter.

These parents, in a pure reactionary state of mind, seem susceptible to the political influence of those closest to their ears.

Is this a shameful act? or a part of human nature? Such pity for the human condition.

[aack - A Monday morning induced ramble]
 
It's about time! These death guns have been going around killing innocent people long enough. Maybe after the lawsuit only the police will be able to have guns. Then we will all be safe.
 
They are working with an attorney who represented Michael Jackson’s family in a $1.5bn wrongful death lawsuit against his international concert promoter...
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That lawyer lost that suit, AIG was found not liable. He'll lose this one too. Like I've said before, every day in every courtroom in America, a lawyer is wrong.
 
They should be suing the school system for not allowing the teachers to carry for protection of their kids.
 
Yeah, who is going to pay? Why should anyone other than the criminal and his estate pay? The teachers didn't break the law. The school didn't break the law. Bushmaster didn't break the law. The automotive manufacturer that brought the shooter to the school didn't break the law. The rifle was not defective. Bushmaster didn't sell the rifle to the shooter. Bushmaster didn't sell the rifle to the mother from whom the rifle was stolen/in conjunction with her murder.

This is the type of case I feel should be thrown out of court.

Like Australia..........
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Not relevant. Having guns hasn't stopped hostage taking in the US.
 
I wonder if anyone stops to think? What would they have rather happened to their child? Machete? Hammer? Some form of chemical weapon? Just sayin.

Joe
 
If they win, it'll pave the way for me to sue Honda. That's the make of the vehicle that struck and killed my dog so it's only logical.
 
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I want to see what exactly they're suing over. Doesn't the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act prevent people from suing firearm manufacturers over negligent or criminal usage by end users of their products?
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They are claiming there should be some sort of safety device which would have prevented Lanza from using the gun.

My guess is that the gun was sold with a safety lock, and Lanza's mother did not use it...therefore Bushmaster did their part. They really can't argue that the gun should have been made so no one could use it, because that would run right into the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.

Hopefully this case will be thrown out before even reaching trial and the defendant won't have to spend too much in legal fees.
 
Adam Lanza was a headcase that should not have had a weapon. He Killed his Mother and Stole the gun he used in his crimes. Why is that Bushmaster Company's fault? Apparently the Lanza person also was realy into playing Call of Duty,so why not sue the game developer ? Makes as much sense doesn't it ?
 
It's all part of the plan. They have been waiting for something tragic to happen, and then they pounce on it.

Sue sue sue sue sue. Sue them into the ground, till they can't make guns or bullets anymore. Who in their right mind would go into business after seeing a company like Bushmaster throw all their money into defending themselves and their product.

I want to see what exactly they're suing over. Doesn't the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act prevent people from suing firearm manufacturers over negligent or criminal usage by end users of their products?
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I'm wondering the same thing?
 
Isn't Bushmaster, at least the Bushmaster version that Lanza used, now owned by the infamous killer of American Gun Manufacturing,, Cerberus??
 
So, when is the last time Chevy or Ford got sued because some idiot thought that chevy was responsible for a guy running down pedestrians? When did Chicago cutlery get sued for a guy going on a stabbing spree with their product? When does anybody get sued for creating a product for one purpose, and it gets used for another (legal drug industry, mouthwash, drano, spray paint...) oh yeah...guns are evil by nature and should all be destroyed and banned from production...whatever. We need tort reform, and we need ballsy people in office who are not pushover for idiotic agendas and negate the fact that common sense existed when parents still raised their kids rather than letting cartoons raise the kids for them. The USA needs to get a grip on reality.
 
Some of the comments here are asking rational questions or posing rational solutions. The folks on the other side are not rational but totally emotional so there is never going to be effective communication on these issues. Soon to retire U.S. Representative Carolyn McCarthy ran and was elected to office on the issue of gun control. She was able to successfully get re-elected for 8 additional terms in Congress. Her husband was killed and her son wounded by a racist psychopath Colin Ferguson on a NYC commuter train, who had a gun that he acquired illegally and used unlawfully. None of the laws that Rep. McCarthy pushed for would have done anything to stop the man who killed her husband. But she steadfastly attacked gun ownership and gun manufacturers during her entire tenure in Congress, and never would consider the reality that had NY allowed concealed carry, and had her husband or others on that commuter train that day been armed there was a very good chance that her husband would not be dead today. Her emotional fear and hatred of guns obliterated any rational concern or consideration. This is what we face with the anti-gun crowd. What we must do is not to give in to emotional and irrational demands.
 
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