General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: How Bernie Sanders Helped Derail a Promising Legal Fight Against Gun Violence [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)Again, a jury gets to decide that, not you. You seem to have trouble with that concept.
And again, if the "principle" that companies should not be able to be sued for what end users do with their product made any sense, then it should be codified into law for all companies, not just gun companies. But it's not, because nobody actually believes that.
And again, the reason all your absurd hypotheticals make no sense is because in all of those cases, plaintiffs can actually bring lawsuits. But those lawsuits, unlike the ones against gun companies, would be thrown out of court as frivolous.
You don't seem to be aware that the law already provides protection against frivolous lawsuits. Maybe you think there should be more protection. Fine. In fact, many other right-wingers agree with you -- one of the big pushes from Koch Brothers/ALEC types is to make it more difficult to hold corporations responsible in civil court. But even if you and the Koch Brothers are right, the protection should be for all companies, not just one industry with powerful lobbyists.
It's bribery and corruption, plain and simple.