| Robert Wagner 2005-01-10, 8:55 pm |
| On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 14:35:06 GMT, "Howard Brazee" <howard@brazee.net>
wrote:
>And I agree with that point. And I reiterate:
>The 2nd amendment is on the books. It should be enforced or repealed.
>If we want our politicians to be bound by The Constitution, we should do one or
>the other.
>
>I'd be quite satisfied it it were repealed. But don't wiggle around it.
Three-fourths of the States will never vote for repeal.
When lawyers smell blood in the water, they'll be all over the gun
industry like sharks on a sinking whale. In the news:
"Washington, DC (10/20/04) - Recently, the Indiana Supreme Court, Ohio
Supreme Court, and appellate courts in New Jersey and Illinois have
reinstated cases brought by cities in those states. In the last few
months, courts have also approved a record $4.4 million of settlements
against gun sellers and manufacturers in cases brought by gun violence
victims. This includes an unprecedented $2.5 million settlement in a
suit brought by victims of the DC-area sniper attacks against gun shop
Bull's Eye Shooter Supply of Tacoma, Washington, and gun maker
Bushmaster Firearms of Windham, Maine. Those victims also brought suit
alleging that the gun shop and gun maker acted negligently and created
a public nuisance. Gun shop Bull's Eye claimed that it "lost" 238 guns
in a three year period, including the DC sniper's Bushmaster assault
weapon.
Pennsylvania (10/20/04) - The ruling in Allegheny County Sportsmen's
League v. Rendell holds that Pennsylvania law allows police to keep a
database of handgun sales records. The gun lobby had argued that such
records must be destroyed, citing a state law prohibiting the
maintenance of gun "ownership" records. The Court rejected this
challenge, declaring that "maintenance of a database of handgun sales
is proper" under Pennsylvania law, as such a database tracks only
handgun sales records, not ownership. The court relied in part on a
friend of the court amicus brief filed by law enforcement and gun
violence prevention groups, including the Brady Center to Prevent Gun
Violence, the Pennsylvania Million Mom March and the Pennsylvania
Chiefs of Police Association.
Philadelphia, PA (8/20/04) - A Pennsylvania gun dealer has settled a
pioneering lawsuit brought by a woman whose seven-year-old son was
unintentionally killed near his Philadelphia home with a gun sold by
the dealer. The settlement will have nationwide implications for gun
dealers who supply traffickers with guns - transactions which occur
everyday in gun shops around the country.
The suit, brought by Tennille Jefferson against Williamsport gun
dealer Sauers Trading, charged Sauers with supplying ten guns to gun
trafficker Perry Bruce. Although Sauers sold the guns to Bruce
legally, Bruce purchased the handguns repeatedly, with thousands of
dollars in cash, even while telling Sauers he was unemployed and on
welfare. The guns were trafficked to Philadelphia, where one was found
under a parked car by a group of children and used to unintentionally
shoot and kill Nafis Jefferson on April 19, 1999. "
http://www.gunlawsuits.org/
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