Massachusetts Attorney General Investigates Gun Safety

[jpak]

Source: ABC News

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is investigating possible safety problems with guns manufactured by at least two companies.

The Boston Globe ( http://bit.ly/2bVLXLj ) reports that Remington Arms Co. and Glock Inc. have filed lawsuits to fight Healey's efforts.

The lawsuits reveal that Healey invoked her powers under the state's consumer protection law to demand safety-related complaints from customers and the companies' responses.

Healey says Glock firearms are "prone to accidental discharge" and says in court papers she is concerned the company may have been warned about the problem and failed to act.

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[Blue_Adept]

1. Glad to see she's not backing down

[Angel Martin]

2. to reduce cases of vehicle theft and dangerous driving

sue the car owner, the car dealer and the automobile manufacturer

[Blue_Adept]

3. That's not what this is about

This is about weapons that discharge improperly. The proper analogy is closer to air bags that deploy while driving safely being investigated.

[Angel Martin]

4. handguns don't load and discharge themselves "improperly"

any more than cars fill themselves up with fuel and drive around and crash into people.

Accidental and negligent discharges come from violating safe handgun handling.

So, using the logic of this MA AG, felon drives drunk, doesn't put on headlights at night, drives dangerously at excessive speed, texts while driving and causes an accident with injury or death - sue GM

[LanternWaste]

5. No more than airbags ever deploy improperly causing accidents...

"handguns don't load and discharge themselves improperly"

No more than airbags ever deploy improperly causing accidents...

[Blue_Adept]

6. The bullshit is strong with your post

I'd suggest educating yourself on this actual issue but I doubt it'd help. And you likely won't listen to anyone else relate any information either.

[Heeeeers Johnny]

9. Just ask this 'professional'

[EX500rider]

10. Did the gun go off by itself or was the trigger pulled?

[Heeeeers Johnny]

11. I think you already know the answer to that one

The story gets better, not content on making a fool of himself the first time, he has to go
out and make himself seem like an even bigger buffoon.

Judge Bounces Lawsuit Filed By DEA Agent Who Shot Self In Leg During Gun Demo

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the DEA agent who shot himself in the leg during a gun safety demonstration and later became a punch line when video of the incident surfaced online and was widely broadcast on TV.

Agent Lee Paige, 50, contended that the leak of the video--for which he blamed DEA officials--amounted to a violation of his privacy rights. However, in a December 29 order, Judge Jack Shanstrom rejected that claim and dismissed Paige’s U.S. District Court complaint in its entirety. Paige, who worked undercover, claimed that the video’s distribution resulted in him becoming the “target of jokes, derision, ridicule, and disparaging comments” everywhere he went.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/dea/judge-bounces-lawsuit-filed-dea-agent-who-shot-self-leg-during-gun-demo

[Kingofalldems]

14. No comparison. Guns are made to kill.

Try again.

[EX500rider]

8. Glocks ONLY fire when the trigger is pulled...

As a matter of fact when the Austrian Army was testing Glocks they dropped a loaded one 10ft 10,000 times without a single accidental discharge or damage to the gun.
The safety is built into the trigger, don't pull the trigger and it won't go off....not rocket science,

[hawkeyeman]

13. ^^^this^^^