{"id":11036,"date":"2014-12-15T14:28:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T19:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11036"},"modified":"2014-12-15T14:28:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T19:28:50","slug":"giving-lawyers-a-bad-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11036","title":{"rendered":"Giving lawyers a bad name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bottom-feeding lawyers are coming out of the woodwork, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2014\/12\/15\/families-of-newtown-shooting-victims-sue-rifle-manufacturer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Families Of Newtown Shooting Victims Sue Rifle Manufacturer<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The families of nine of the 26 people killed and a teacher wounded two years ago at the Sandy Hook Elementary School filed a lawsuit Monday against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the rifle used in the shooting. &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protection_of_Lawful_Commerce_in_Arms_Act\" target=\"_blank\">Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act<\/a> should put a stop to this.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201c&#8230; The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit, filed in Bridgeport Superior Court, asserts that the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle should not have been made publicly available because it was designed for military use and is unsuited for hunting or home defense. The AR-15 was specifically engineered for the United States military to meet the needs of changing warfare,\u201d attorney <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koskoff.com\/Lawyers-Staff\/Joshua-Koskoff.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Koskoff<\/a> said in a release. \u201cIn fact, one of the Army\u2019s specifications for the AR-15 was that it has the capability to penetrate a steel helmet.\u201d &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyone can easily <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a> the history of the AR-15 and disprove this bullshit statement.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to know who is financing this legal action.\u00a0 It has to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikebloomberg.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a> or some antigun foundation, either directly or through a front like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradycampaign.org\" target=\"_blank\">Bradys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D11036&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11036\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11036\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11036\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bottom-feeding lawyers are coming out of the woodwork, &#8220;Families Of Newtown Shooting Victims Sue Rifle Manufacturer&#8220;: &#8220;The families of nine of the 26 people killed and a teacher wounded two years ago at the Sandy Hook Elementary School filed a lawsuit Monday against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the rifle used in the shooting. 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