Gun Store Loses Landmark Case

[MI2AZ]

Owes shot cops $6M.


On Tuesday, Badger Guns was ordered to pay $6 million to two police officers who were shot in the face with a handgun bought at the store.
The badly injured officers sued the gun shop for negligence.

 

[WAMO]

CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER.

 

[Scolai]

This ruling is a good thing.

Here's the Cliff's Notes version:

1 - any company that sells a gun knowing that it's a probable straw purchase needs to be penalized. Given that Badger has had HUNDREDS of infractions under a variety of names, they needed to get slapped hard for their incompetence or outright indifference.

2 - the successful suit against Badger shows that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act is working. The Democrat cunt that's running for President has declared that the PLCAA allows gun manufacturers to avoid penalty for misuse of their products. This case against Badger strengthens the case that the PLCAA is actually DOING WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO! Hillary's anti-gun platform just collapsed under her feet.

I couldn't be more pleased.

 

[Robadat]

This ruling is a good thing.

Here's the Cliff's Notes version:

1 - any company that sells a gun knowing that it's a probable straw purchase needs to be penalized. Given that Badger has had HUNDREDS of infractions under a variety of names, they needed to get slapped hard for their incompetence or outright indifference.

While good, it is also a slippery slope on straw purchases. While they all should be illegal and the original purchaser should be the one held liable, when should the dealer become liable in these cases? This case should be a good guideline in that the straw buyer had the intended buyer with him in the shop and approving of the purchase, but other cases may not be so obvious. Guidelines need to be set so that the dealer knows exactly what his legal requirements are when making deals.

2 - the successful suit against Badger shows that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act is working. The Democrat cunt that's running for President has declared that the PLCAA allows gun manufacturers to avoid penalty for misuse of their products. This case against Badger strengthens the case that the PLCAA is actually DOING WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO! Hillary's anti-gun platform just collapsed under her feet.

I couldn't be more pleased.

This point I agree with. But we still need to improve on eliminating straw purchasing of firearms. I think it's obvious that straw buyers should be held to a higher degree of guilt in cases like this. 2 years for making a straw purchase that results in the shooting of 2 PO's should carry a far greater sentence than the two years he got.

 

[9andaWiggle]

Point 1 is tough... if both people are in the store it's more obvious. But what if they leave and the purchaser comes back alone a week later? Do we expect all gun shops to remember such events, and for how long?

Point 2, agree the firearm should be registered and filed under the purchaser's name at the time of sale. From that point, greater weight (responsibility) for that firearm and any criminal activity associated with it should belong to purchaser on file. Agree 2 years is much too weak of a punishment for that guy. Need to beef that up to make people think about who they allow to handle ("borrow") their weapons.