Time for Celebration!
This is Good News! No, really. This nonsense about suing a manufacturer because: a) It functioned exactly as it was designed to, and b) because after it left the retailer it got into the wrong hands is about the most asinine, boneheaded proposition anyone has ever proposed, and since too few of our Congresscritters were willing to take a stand on it, the Courts will.
And the Ninth Circuit Court is famous, or infamous, for making decisions at the outer edges of jurisprudence. The only question is whether or not the SCOTUS will agree to hear the case. They've been reluctant to hear 2nd Amendment cases, overall, but this isn't really a 2A case-it's something very different. And since a standing judgement against a manufacturer of firearms could result in a suit against any other product maker ("Mr. X had a recorded history of DWI, but Ford Motor Company still enabled him to purchase a vehicle..."), it will have to be dealt with.
Boy, less than two weeks of law school, and I've learned so much already!
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sits in San Francisco, California, and the decisions it makes affect every citizen in the country. That's why I keep telling you: If you love your rights, and you hate to see them disappear, moving away from California won't help. The 9th Circuit Affects Texas and Alaska and Wyoming and every other State in the Union, and all you're doing is fooling yourself by saying, "Well, it's not in my front yard any more."
As goes California, so goes the nation.