Subj : Re: More stuff
To : RON LAUZON
From : TIM RICHARDSON
Date : Fri Dec 27 2019 09:13 am
On 12-23-19, RON LAUZON said to LEE LOFASO:
-=> Lee Lofaso wrote to TIM RICHARDSON <=-
LL> There were only a small handful of mass shootings that took place
LL> before 1980 or so. Why is that? Because up until that time the courts
LL> viewed the Second Amendment as protecting the rights of individuals.
LL> Today, the courts have changed their opinion, viewing the Second
LL> Amendment as protecting the rights of gun manufacturers, not people.
RL>*LAUGH*
LL> As such, it is okay for people to kill as many other people with
LL> guns, with no action ever taken against gun manufacturers as being
LL> responsible for having manufactured such weapons of mass destruction.
RL>Why take action against a manufacturer? The product worked as advertised.
RL>I suppose you are also for charging GM/Ford for every person hurt by a
RL>drunk driver or person texting while driving.
Or take action against Schwinn or Roadmaster whenever a kid doesn't have the
sense to stay in the bike lane, and gets hit by a car.
Or sue beer companies for accidents caused by someone who was drinking `their'
brand at a bar just prior to driving, and killing someone.
Or make liquir distillers legally liable for alchoholism.
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