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In reply to the discussion: What about MASSIVE class action suits against the NRA, it's CEO, and all of it's Board of Directors? [View all]Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)"If you know about such matters, why not hazard your own suggestion as to what the "basis" might be?" I do not believe there to be a basis, therefore I do not hazard a suggestion as to what it would be. Certainly the climate can change and in fact the 2 Amendment can be interpreted differently or another amendment can be added to the Constitution to address the current situation. That said, and as much as I find the statements of the NRA & it's intransigence repugnant, I don't see the basis for suing an advocacy organization for shootings, the manufacturers or distribution chain perhaps, but I believe that has already been tried and failed (could be wrong on that).
If you do fine, but I don't see it going forward in a court of law and I think we need to be very careful for what we wish as one must consider the long term ramifications of such actions on other parts of the Bill of Rights.
These shootings are simply beyond tragic, but there is not just one answer to stopping them.