Use a gun, get sued! Coming to Colorado soon

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Colorado lawmakers want gun owners exposed to civil liability

DENVER (Reuters) - Owners and makers of assault-style weapons would face civil liability under a package of measures unveiled on Tuesday by top lawmakers in Colorado, a state shaken by some of the deadliest shootings in U.S. history.

The bills, introduced by Democrats who control the state legislature, could push Colorado to the forefront of a national gun control debate reignited by several mass shootings last year, including massacres of schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut, and moviegoers in suburban Denver.

Other states such as New York have moved to further restrict military-style assault weapons. But if the measures become law, Colorado would hold owners, manufacturers and distributors of firearms more accountable for gun violence.

Owners of semi-automatic rifles would be subject to strict liability for civil damages caused by their weapons, and state statutes that shield manufacturers, importers and dealers from such liability would be lifted.

Handguns, bolt-action rifles and shotguns would be exempt from the measure.

http://news.yahoo.com/colorado-lawmakers-want-gun-owners-exposed-civil-liability-023710615.html

Why exempt handguns?

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Amusing how America has become this sue happy cesspool. Lawyers put us further down the toilet each and every day in this country. Justice would be public executions of every last one of them.

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Why exempt handguns?

I think strict liability is too much. Liability for negligence should be enforced. It shouldn't be presumed, though. They should consider cases such as where someone is able to get a hold of your firearm even though you took all reasonable precautions (such as you locked them up in a safe that you reasonably believed no one could get into). I think in those cases, the person should just have to report the lost firearm as soon as they find it stolen, or risk strict liability. But that's just me.

But then, I don't know the whole law they are intending to pass, either.

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Why exempt handguns?

Perhaps the legislators all own handguns?

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Why exempt handguns?

Because people are stupid and it's chic to not like weapons that look like assault weapons.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Why exempt handguns?

Because it will not pass as it is. But thanks for reminding us that fascists want our handguns also.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

If there are say 350 murders with rifles...and lets say 200 of them are semi auto, how many does Colorado have per year? 3 or 4?

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Because it will not pass as it is. But thanks for reminding us that fascists want our handguns also.