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melm00se

(5,113 posts)
9. actually
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:25 PM
Mar 2016

if the product is, in fact, defective they can be sued:

The PLCAA lists six types of lawsuits that do not qualify as a “qualified civil liability action,”
and that therefore are not barred by the statute. the specific one re: defective is addressed here:

(v) an action for death, physical injuries or property damage resulting directly from a defect in design or manufacture of the product, when used as intended or in a reasonably foreseeable manner, except that where the discharge of the product was caused by a volitional act that constituted a criminal offense, then such act shall be considered the sole proximate cause of any resulting death, personal injuries or property damage;

(emphasis added)

I have seen folks claim that they don't need to know the minutia about firearms to draw conclusions but when talking about the law, the devil is in the minutia.

If you want to have credibility on a topic, you need to have actual read or experience with the topic and this was a simple one: a quick reading of the law as passed would have shown you the facts.

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