Indiana Scores one for the Good Guys

[DoggyDaddy]

Pence signs new bill into law that will give gun manufacturers and gun shops immunity from (frivolous) lawsuits. Ah, the sweet taste of liberal tears.

Does new state gun law violate due process rights? - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

If the law is made retroactive to 1999, it could nullify a Gary lawsuit against 11 gun manufacturers which has possibly given gun manufacturers cause to not locate here.

 

[Bfish]

Great! Hopefully it'll be another thing to help bring business to Indiana!

 

[jmills]

Great, why should a manufacturer be held responsible for someones behavior. The gun it's self is not to blame. Only the person who pulls the trigger is.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I'm confused. I thought Indiana already had a law like this and this one was written to, in effect, dismiss the Gary lawsuit. Maybe I'm misremembering...

 

[singlemalt]

"I'm very disappointed that this passed and was signed by the governor," said Paul Helmke, former Fort Wayne Mayor, and past president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington D.C. He is speaking out about Indiana's new immunity law, which protects gun manufacturers and retailers from lawsuits.

It's a shame that the people who misuse a firearm will have to be held accountable instead of the maker or seller. Purple as appropriate.

 

[rosefarm10]

Please annex the first six miles of Illinois............Pretty Please??!!!!

 

[Dosproduction]

Think I can sue Ford if some one crashes into me with there Ford. Maybe I should sue the idiot that crashed into me instead.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I'm confused. I thought Indiana already had a law like this and this one was written to, in effect, dismiss the Gary lawsuit. Maybe I'm misremembering...

You may be right. I hadn't heard about this before seeing it on the news last night.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

You may be right. I hadn't heard about this before seeing it on the news last night.

Oh. OK...Maybe one of the legal-begal folks will set us straight.

 

[BigMoose]

Please annex the first six miles of Illinois............Pretty Please??!!!!

We should trade the Gary area to Chicago for the non Chicago part of Illinois.

 

[sharkey]

[video]https://youtu.be/6PQ6335puOc?t=23s[/video]

 

[2A_Tom]

Please annex the first six miles of Illinois............Pretty Please??!!!!

We should trade the Gary area to Chicago for the non Chicago part of Illinois.

HEY! There are some good folks who live in the GHETTO, my wife and kids just to name a couple.

 

[2A_Tom]

I'm confused. I thought Indiana already had a law like this and this one was written to, in effect, dismiss the Gary lawsuit. Maybe I'm misremembering...

IIRC I am pretty sure that it is a federal law, and Gary appealed to the State Supreme court and was given permission to continue harassment of the gun manufacturers. This law was proposed to be retroactive and curtail Gary's court cases.

 

[brotherbill3]

The new law, SB 98, modifies the "EXISTING" protections that were already enacted - in order to retroactively nullify the Gary Law suit from 1999.
When the "Existing" protections were enacted (circa 2004 ? not sure now), following the filing of the Gary Suit, the lawmakers did not want to deal with this retroactively.
That was about 10 years ago - when there was still some activity on the case.

The Gary Suit as been sitting on the books and dockets, with NO ACTIVITY, for at least 6 years; wasting peoples dollars and posing an nuisance to businesses moving to Indiana.
When you look at the defendants - S&W, Glock, Taurus, Beretta, etc etc - virtually ALL major manufacturers of note in 1999, many looking to relocate to more
"Pro-2A / friendly" states now - why would they even consider Indiana with this hanging over their heads.

This thing (the suit) was/is a dodo bird and needs to be make completely extinct - which SB 98 does. I think - effective - immediately.
With no money flowing either / any directions at this point on this case.

It is a good thing. Where the adding protections comes from is that definitions are moved and sorted out better within the code; so if you are unfamiliar with all of the existing
(or now pre-existing) codes and locations of definitions - it would appear - that the new law is extending protections, but that is not really the case.

 

[Mark 1911]

Great, why should a manufacturer be held responsible for someones behavior. The gun it's self is not to blame. Only the person who pulls the trigger is.

Agreed. Suing a gun manufacturer for gun violence is like suing Ford for drunk driving.

 

[searpinski]

I saw this on the news. It's nice to see something positive!

 

[stephen87]

Agreed. Suing a gun manufacturer for gun violence is like suing Ford for drunk driving.

Or suing McDonald's for you dropping your hot coffee in your lap and you didn't think it was hot?

 

[Zombieman34]

Or suing McDonald's for you dropping your hot coffee in your lap and you didn't think it was hot?

I believe that is the one that started the downfall of society.

 

[stephen87]

You got that one right. The minute she won that lawsuit, is the minute we turned into a litigious society.

 

[SteveM4A1]

Or suing McDonald's for you dropping your hot coffee in your lap and you didn't think it was hot?

I asked for the coffee to be cold