Sutherland Springs church shooting is Academy's fault?

[Cowcatcher]

I just heard some of the victims families are suing Academy Sports and Outdoors.

In the link below it appears Academy is being blamed due to the fact they sold the shooter a high capacity magazine that is illegal in Colorado which was the shooters state of residence.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/cou...rland-springs-families-lawsuit-academy-sports

 

[Cowcatcher]

Hmmmm, I guess he bought the rifle there too.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cl...gs-victims-sue-academy-over-illegal-gun-sales

 

[easy]

So in the future we'll be able to sue the oil company(s) for the gas used in the car and the car manufacturer because a drunk killed someone. That's where this is headed.

 

[MacFromOK]

It all started with suing tobacco companies for one's own stupidity.

Seriously? Inhaling smoke that makes ya hack, gag, and cough might be bad for ya?

Who knew...

 

[Cowcatcher]

It seems like back when this shooting happened, soon after, I heard the guy had slipped through the cracks somehow and shouldn't have passed a background check. Seems like maybe he was discharged from the military and was a woman beater? I could have it all wrong but there was something up.

 

[CharlieWH2O]

He purchased in TX but was a CO resident. Hard to believe it will hold up but I can see the judge letting it go forward.

 

[golddigger14s]

They don't do BGC's for mags.........Yet

 

[Aries]

This is not a new tactic. The trend before 2005 was to sue the gun manufacturer if their product was used in the commission of a crime. In 2005 congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to prevent those kinds of lawsuits, the purpose of which was to drive gun manufacturers out of business by making them liable. This is just another way to try to make Academy stop selling firearms because the liability risk is too great. If you can't get laws passed to ban guns, the next best thing is to make them impossible to buy.

 

[gerhard1]

^^^^This.

 

[dennishoddy]

It all started with suing tobacco companies for one's own stupidity.

Seriously? Inhaling smoke that makes ya hack, gag, and cough might be bad for ya?

Who knew...

When they put addictive substances into the blend, they become culpable to a conspiracy to make people addicted to nicotine.
That is the basis for the lawsuit against them.