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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that New York city can sue out of state gun stores for illegally selling firearmes that eventually made their way to New York.

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tanglang1 year ago

I actually shop at two of the Ga. stores that are involved in this joke of a lawsuit. One of the stores, Adventure Outdoors, has filed a 400 million dollar lawsuit for libel against the city. I hope they win both suits. With 400 million they could drop their prices even more.
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  KingOfTruth1 year ago
  
  And I doubt that this will survive the interstate commerce clause which is where only the feds can regulate interstate commerce.....
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    ETproductions1 year ago
    
    A previous suit has already gone to the Federal District Court in New York and Bloomberg won.
    http://www.nysun.com/article/60681
    Of course, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see appeals. Only time will tell how they finally resolve this hot potato issue.
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SlapALib1 year ago

If the gun shops follow federal guidelines, then what case does New York have?
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  quackpot1 year ago
  
  Apparantly the cited gun shops do not follow the rules:
  "In his ruling, Weinstein noted that between 1995 and 2005 there were at least eight federal prosecutions for illegal purchases in which Adventure Outdoors was the source of the guns."
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    cherev1 year ago
    
    What is the record for Weinstein's rulings being overturned? I'm willing to bet it's not good.
    But that's not the intent of the the suit. The idea is to use tax money to pursue this while private money is used to defend against it. Eventually, the private money runs out, and the city wins by default.
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    SlapALib1 year ago
    
    Hmm, I looked for something like that in the article and didn't see it. Either I missed it completely or the article was updated after I looked at it.
    Thanks.
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RedRiverJ1 year ago

agree. more whacky crap that our politicians dream up.
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quackpot1 year ago

I doubt that you would be selling the hammer illegally.
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  tanglang1 year ago
  
  The sales were legal according to Ga. laws. In Ga, you can buy a gun even if you are a resident from another state. So long as you can pass the F.B.I.'s background check. What Ny is saying is that since certain guns are illegal in Ny, Ga should not be allowed to sell guns to Ny residents that are currently in Ga.
  In other words, the libs in Ny are pi$$ed that their anti gun laws can't be enforced nation wide.
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    quackpot1 year ago
    
    NO. There were FEDERAL prosecutions.
    "In his ruling, Weinstein noted that between 1995 and 2005 there were at least eight federal prosecutions for illegal purchases in which Adventure Outdoors was the source of the guns."
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      tanglang1 year ago
      
      According to what is posted in their store, what that statement means is that someone who sold a gun illegally to someone else, origionally bought the gun from Adventure Outdoors. In other words, not that Adventure Outdoors sold the gun illegally, but whoever they sold the gun to did.
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aniokly1 year ago

This suit will be tossed, or if not tossed, turned on appeal. If N Y doesn't want killers on the street they should stop breeding them like cockroaches within their city limits.
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  BronxBomber1 year ago
  
  Or have it's honest citizens armed to the teeth! That'll show the mutts!
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BronxBomber1 year ago

Well, I'm from NYC, and this lawsuits is just frivolous in it's nature. I hope we do lose!
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rwrnae1 year ago

More Bloomberg BS. New York's real problem is it's inability to control the animals in it's jungle. Those who can't be trusted with firearms, pointed sticks, etc. should be air dropped onto Devil's Island without a parachute. Better yet, just wall them into New York and let them kill one another.
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bill29361 year ago

I guess car dealers will be next for selling to drunk drivers.
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CaptainLucid1 year ago

Sorry Bill you are a bit behind the times. Check out this link. We have already passed insanity.
www.review...
Actually forget the link it is not posting everything I wrote but search google for cars, drunk, and lawsuits. It has already been done.
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