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    j4x_Ibn Safir
    3/15/19 5:51am

    The gun manufacturers are 100% involved in the lobbying that has created our gun laws and our current mass-shooting national past time.

    Fuck yeah, let’s put them on the hook.

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      Old white guyj4x_
      3/15/19 8:50pm

      Bear in mind that the NRA, while selling itself as a gun owner’s group, is really just a lobbying group for gun makers. Hence their vocalness for all things guns being good.

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    decgeekIbn Safir
    3/15/19 9:07am

    While I applaud the decision, this case has less to do with guns and more to do with advertising. I am sure that between their marketing and legal teams they will be able to craft advertisements that skirt the law allowing them to put guns in the hands of just as many people as they did before. 

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      Old white guydecgeek
      3/15/19 8:47pm

      Well, there’s only so much you can do after the republicans pushed through the “Can’t sue gun makers for making death machines!” law. 

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    mojrimIbn Safir
    3/14/19 11:04pm

    Novel legal approach but unlikely to succeed. It’s been my observation that american liberals have become overly reliant on the courts, substituting lawsuits for legislation. This is likely because the obsolete office furniture (white boomers) running the NGOs are still living in the halcyon days of the Warren court.

    Wake up folks. It’s time to start fighting for legislation.

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      Old white guymojrim
      3/15/19 8:49pm

      And that’s why the republicans pushed hard in 2010 to win over state legislatures, so they could take over and gerrymander their districts, flood courts with federalist judges, and, when the stupid voters decide to vote for a democrat, just change the laws as to what the democrats in charge can do.

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    LolaFalanasLongAssLegsIbn Safir
    3/15/19 2:19am

    It’s ridiculous that gun manufacturers have evaded liability through the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act because of its vagueness. Thank goodness someone was able to navigate around immunity via their advertisement - clever.

    In its ruling, the court said companies that market military-style guns to civilians as a way of killing enemies could be violating state fair trade laws.

    “The regulation of advertising that threatens the public’s health, safety, and morals has long been considered a core exercise of the states’ police powers,” the court said, explaining why the federal law does not apply.

    Pay attention to H.R. 157 which repeals PLCAA which will probably heat up in Congress and become a Dem primary topic.

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