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TeddyR

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3. Did O'Malley really misrepresent the Lawful Commerce in Arms Act?
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 07:16 PM
Sep 2015

Or am I misreading your post? Because under that Act an individual cannot sue FNH when FNH's product is misused by a criminal, just like you can't sue Ford because a drunk killed someone while driving a Mustang. If FNH produces a defective product then of course you can still sue. Honesty in an argument is something we should all support. And I certainly don't support using lawsuits to force a company out of business because someone misused that company's legal product. UBCs and enforcing existing criminal laws -- I'm all for those. Not a fan of a federal gun registry since I don't see any positive impact. O'Malley should be careful about touting the impact of laws he enacted on Maryland -- I live in NoVa and follow the local news and the gun violence in Baltimore this year is going to far exceed that of past years. Which of course supports the notion that it is criminals/murderers, and not guns, that are the problem.

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Some issues to me will not resumt in my support for a candidate who votes with the NRA and Thinkingabout Sep 2015 #1
Another reason we need more debates. Koinos Sep 2015 #2
Did O'Malley really misrepresent the Lawful Commerce in Arms Act? TeddyR Sep 2015 #3
He did. Remington, for one, has been sued successfully for producing defective guns friendly_iconoclast Sep 2015 #5
Haven't looked into the particulars, elleng Sep 2015 #7
Candidates who try to mislead voters are viewed rather coldly this cycle. nt edgineered Sep 2015 #11
True that. elleng Sep 2015 #12
Making the observance that voters are viewing misleading statements edgineered Sep 2015 #14
No, ed, never thought of it! :laugh: elleng Sep 2015 #15
Reading your downthread post edgineered Sep 2015 #16
HA! elleng Sep 2015 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author pipoman Sep 2015 #21
Very good, Governor. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2015 #4
Boy, I can see "all Democrats" champing at the bit to roll out gun control proposals. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #6
All Democrats sure as hell should. elleng Sep 2015 #8
Let 'em. Sanders won't lose votes with his stand. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #9
So? elleng Sep 2015 #10
The Washington Post has an article about the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, elleng Sep 2015 #13
No, pipoman Sep 2015 #18
This is exactly why this law is in place... pipoman Sep 2015 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author pipoman Sep 2015 #20
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