mahoney@bach.DEC (Be verwy verwy quiet I am hunting wabbits) (10/25/85)
>I read an article in the paper about an ordinace passed by some small >town somewhere in the east (that really cuts in down doesn't it). > >The article stated that people who had been shot with "Saturday Night >Specials" (try to define that) had the right to sue the manufacture >and retailer of the gun, as well as the person who shot them. Could >anybody please point me to some info on this (did it really happen, >or was it just a slow news day?). I wonder if people in car accidents >can now sue GM, and people who cut the selves with knives can sue Sears. >I know they can if the product itself is at fault, but not otherwise. > >If responces are via mail I will summarize (if I can find anything). > > Thanks -Pete- I read about this in the Boston Globe. But it wasn't a law passed by a town it was a court decision. A man sued a company that made the gun. He sued on the basis that the gun "Saturday Night Special" is only used for the purpose of crime and has no other use. Thus the company knows what the gun will be used for and is responsible if the gun is used in a crime. They are saying that the company is being knowingly negligent. I still haven't decide whether I agree with the decision. I am sorry I don't remember which issue I read this in. Brian Mahoney "Don't take off the straight jacket. He's a raving liberal!!!"