Should victims of gun violence be allowed to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers?
Yes, any business should be held liable if the primary use of its product is for illegal activity
A gun's primary purpose is supposedly for hunting according to gun advocates, so if is not being used for that purpose then gun manufacturers should be held liable for their misuse to make sure they have a stake in how their products are being used.
@9FX4H3R7mos7MO
A car is not intended to be driven while intoxicated, so if driven by a drunk driver, auto manufacturers should be held liable for misuse to make sure they have a stake in how their products are being used... Ridiculous, right? A gun actually has 2 primary purposes- protection and hunting. If misused, it's the fault of the person who misuses it, not the gun manufacturer. Just like Ford isn't liable for someone who kills with a car, gun manufacturers are not responsible for the actions of criminals or people who irresponsibly handle a weapon.
@9FWHY357mos7MO
If someone is going to buy a gun and hurt someone, they will always find a way. We should be focusing more on the mental health of the community that could lead to this type of action.
@VulcanMan6 7mos7MO
@9FVGK4N 7mos7MO
Yet those who support guns and use that excuse don't want to fund mental healthcare, so you can't have it both ways.
@6WP5FSYRepublican5mos5MO
You don't speak for everyone in a movement you're not even part of.
@9FWJ3H97mos7MO
Companies that sell knives, axes, baseball bats, and hammers aren’t sued when someone uses them to hurt someone else.
@9FWKGFX7mos7MO
Companies shouldn't be liable for customers choosing to do something with their product. It makes no sense to sue a car company because someone decided to ram into pedestrians with it, it makes no sense to sue gun companies because someone shot someone.
@9FVGK4N 7mos7MO
Cars are not specifically created to kill things
@9FWNQKS7mos7MO
1. Guns are designed to kill and the second amendment isn’t for hunting. 2. You don’t blame car manufacturers when someone mows over kids playing in the street.
@VulcanMan6 7mos7MO
Why would we not hold the manufacturers of the murder product responsible when people murder with them..? Why do we allow them to keep making products designed for murder in the first place? It's insane.
@9FVGK4N 7mos7MO
Cars are not made to kill people, so the comparison is flawed
@9FWQ7K97mos7MO
Guns aren’t just made for hunting. The 2nd amendment is for defence against criminals and and tyrants. It does not talk about hunting . The argument that you couldn’t use them against a tyrannical government is stupid in my opinion, The Taliban and the Vietcong beat the U.S military with worse and less modern small Arms.
@9FVGK4N 7mos7MO
The 2nd Amendment specifically mentions having a "well-regulated militia". Also those who support the 2nd Amendment are perfectly fine with tyrannical policies.
@9FY5WLP7mos7MO
Absolutely not any gun can be used for self defense and personally our country needs to look a medical records better before anything.
@9FXBP9N7mos7MO
The people who make the guns arent the ones making bad decisions, so why should they be held accountable?
@9FVGK4N 7mos7MO
Because that is the only way to make them want to change things so that people who want to make bad decisions aren't able to get the guns that make them capable of doing those things.
@6WP5FSYRepublican5mos5MO
If a product is used in a way the manufacturer does not intend they have no responsibility.
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