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CA. approve bills removing immunity for gundealers
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Committees approve bills removing immunity for gun dealers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 14, 2002
SACRAMENTO - Legislative committees advanced twin bills Tuesday repealing a provision in state law that shields gunmakers from lawsuits over their marketing of firearms.
The bills are in response to a state Supreme Court decision last year based on current law.
Gun control advocates said manufacturers should be held responsible if they market firearms in a way that may make them attractive to criminals.
"California gives special protection for this grossly negligent behavior, protection that no other industry enjoys," Marilyn Merrill, a survivor of a 1993 shooting in San Francisco, told the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
Opponents, including the National Rifle Association and California Rifle and Pistol Association, argued repealing the protection could be used to bankrupt not only firearms manufacturers, but makers of other products like skateboards and skydiving equipment that are inherently dangerous even if used as intended.
Merrill and other survivors filed the suit that hinged on the Supreme Court decision after a 1993 San Francisco law firm shooting known as the 101 California Street massacre. She and five others were injured, and eight people died along with the gunman, who killed himself.
They argued that two of the guns the killer used had no legitimate sporting or self-defense purpose.
The Assembly committee and its Senate counterpart each advanced the bills to votes in their respective chambers.
In addition to repealing the immunity language, the measures would specifically add language that manufacturers could be held liable for negligence in the design, distribution and marketing of firearms and ammunition.
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/state/20020514-1710-ca-xgr-gunbills.html
On the Net: Read the bills, SB682 and AB496, at www.sen.ca.gov
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 14, 2002
SACRAMENTO - Legislative committees advanced twin bills Tuesday repealing a provision in state law that shields gunmakers from lawsuits over their marketing of firearms.
The bills are in response to a state Supreme Court decision last year based on current law.
Gun control advocates said manufacturers should be held responsible if they market firearms in a way that may make them attractive to criminals.
"California gives special protection for this grossly negligent behavior, protection that no other industry enjoys," Marilyn Merrill, a survivor of a 1993 shooting in San Francisco, told the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
Opponents, including the National Rifle Association and California Rifle and Pistol Association, argued repealing the protection could be used to bankrupt not only firearms manufacturers, but makers of other products like skateboards and skydiving equipment that are inherently dangerous even if used as intended.
Merrill and other survivors filed the suit that hinged on the Supreme Court decision after a 1993 San Francisco law firm shooting known as the 101 California Street massacre. She and five others were injured, and eight people died along with the gunman, who killed himself.
They argued that two of the guns the killer used had no legitimate sporting or self-defense purpose.
The Assembly committee and its Senate counterpart each advanced the bills to votes in their respective chambers.
In addition to repealing the immunity language, the measures would specifically add language that manufacturers could be held liable for negligence in the design, distribution and marketing of firearms and ammunition.
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/state/20020514-1710-ca-xgr-gunbills.html
On the Net: Read the bills, SB682 and AB496, at www.sen.ca.gov
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Comments
Isn't it about time the "People" stood up and took care of all this bulls**t? I used to think the Kalifornians were being persecuted against, but it really is getting to appear they actually like it!
Can't you "overly-busy" folks take a moment to e-mail those Politicians that cause this crap? Don't you have time to "Vote the Bast**ds out of there?" I'm beginning to believe the mentality is to "remain passive" and see what happens. Have you really got the time to wait? You folks sure as hell are presenting a poor example of making it the "people's" government. You've voted in a bunch of Dictators and you seem to be proud of it......Your call but in case you don't know, Folks, the rest of the United States is laughing at your stupidity. Look around, the first sheep are jumping off the cliff and you're all right behind those leaders..........I can't believe it!
If You Can't Buy a Pair, Get a Spare!
When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour,Hawaii and Midway Island was to render the west coast defenseless to an invasion.It would seem to
to me that a border,or a coastal state would be particular about
maintaining their gun rights,in light of historical events.