Lou Tran Responds

Lout Tran, another good friend, and a law student, has this to say on "Guns in America":

Mooks, I would like to respond to Russ's comment on gun manufacturer liability. I would say, generally, gun manufacturers should be held accountable for crimes committed when the gun serves no other purpose but crime. For instance, there are specific classes of guns that the courts have determined are used for nothing but crimes and have subsequently banned while holding the manufacturer accountable for tort liability. Exhibit A: 27. Kelley v. R.G. Industries, Inc., 304 Md. 124, 497 A.2d 1143, 54 USLW 2195, 44 A.L.R.4th 563. The Kelley case was a landmark case where the courts held the gun manufacturer of ".38 specials " accountable under strict liability principles (meaning the gun was abnormally dangerous to the public and wasn't used for anything else but crime).Leave it to the courts to determine which guns should have strict liability attached to them...

Lou