Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumLawsuits a necessary weapon against gun sellers
Their towering intellects were on display after news that the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and people hurt by the 2012 Webster Christmas Eve shootings would be suing Gander Mountain.
If they win, I hope the relatives and everyone involve (sic) get CANCER! a person using the name Mancave Heywood wrote in Facebook comments following the article. (Unprintables) in this world just want an easy payout!
Heroes no more! wrote Jennifer Valentine of the two firefighters who were killed rushing to put out a fire on Christmas Eve and the two who survived their injuries.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/columnists/bryant/2014/05/24/bryant-lawsuits-necessary-weapon-gun-sellers/9508407/
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)or just another spam posting
blueridge3210
(1,401 posts)of FFL's violating Federal Law regarding the sale of firearms and the authorities are incapable of enforcing the law. Or not.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)If the seller followed the law, performed the background check, dotted all I's and crossed all T's on the paperwork, and the background check came back clean, I don't see a mechanism to lay this at their feet.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)...who turned around and resold it to the killer. I'll leave it
to the discerning reader to guess which party has the deepest pockets...
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)I don't see a way to suggest they should be in any way liable.
It IS possible for the straw purchaser to do so, but I don't see any indication of it here.
spin
(17,493 posts)mind readers.
kudzu22
(1,273 posts)is the same as saying they should be profiling their customers. I say they should follow the letter of the law -- no more, no less.
HALO141
(911 posts)only opportunity. So I've been told by several attorneys.
Having been duped by a straw purchaser is not a crime. Selling to an obvious straw purchaser is. I'm sure that the dividing line between the two would have to be determined by a jury and their estimation of exactly what constitutes a "reasonable person" determination. To a mom & pop shop the threat of a law suit by the brady bunch may be intimidating. The folks at Gander Mountain, though, are probably a tougher nut to crack.