Thu Jan 9, 2014, 06:02 AM
Wounded Indianapolis Officer Sues Seller of Gun Used to Shoot HimAn Indianapolis police officer’s lawsuit against the original seller of a handgun later used to wound him might have to overcome a state law in Indiana that gives gun sellers significant immunity.
The lawsuit filed Dec. 10 in a Marion County court by the Washington-based Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence claims KS&E Sports of Indianapolis negligently sold the handgun used to shoot Officer Dwayne Runnels in 2011. Runnels was wounded in the leg during an exchange of gunfire in which Demetrious Martin was killed. Tarus Blackburn pleaded guilty to federal charges of illegally selling the weapon to Martin, who couldn’t legally possess a firearm because he was a convicted felon. The lawsuit claims Blackburn accompanied Martin to KS&E Sports in October 2011, bought a gun that Martin picked out and then sold it to Martin in the store’s parking lot. The lawsuit alleges the gun shop’s workers should have known Blackburn was making a “straw purchase” for Martin. http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2013/12/13/314417.htm
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 Wounded Indianapolis Officer Sues Seller of Gun Used to Shoot Him (Original post) |
SecularMotion | Jan 2014 | OP |
| Duckhunter935 | Jan 2014 | #1 | |
| SecularMotion | Jan 2014 | #2 | |
| ileus | Jan 2014 | #3 | |
| Eleanors38 | Jan 2014 | #4 | |
| Lizzie Poppet | Jan 2014 | #5 | |
| DonP | Jan 2014 | #7 | |
| sarisataka | Jan 2014 | #6 | |
| gejohnston | Jan 2014 | #8 | |
| Lizzie Poppet | Jan 2014 | #9 | |
| spin | Jan 2014 | #10 |
Response to SecularMotion (Original post)
Thu Jan 9, 2014, 07:00 AM
3. Should have known...no one ever brings a friend along to help select
Response to Lizzie Poppet (Reply #5)
Thu Jan 9, 2014, 11:53 AM
7. Brady is more desparate than usual for relevance these days
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Brady hasn't been invited to sit at the grown ups table for quite a while.
Apparently there was a big confrontation between MAIG and Brady a couple of days after Sandy Hook competing for celebrity PSAs. The figurehead leader of MAIG (not Bloomie) actually called the Executive Director at Brady and told them to leave their celebrities alone, MAIG was getting them to do PSAs first. At least now we know where their hearts really were after the tragedy I guess Brady is struggling more than ever and "stunningly"  , none of our gun control "fans" seem to belong to any of these organizations, at least none that require a membership fee. |
Response to SecularMotion (Original post)
Thu Jan 9, 2014, 11:42 AM
sarisataka (15,241 posts)
6. It seems he should sue
Response to SecularMotion (Original post)
Thu Jan 9, 2014, 12:03 PM
8. So why isn't the Brady Center suing the convicted straw purcheser
