Where can I order a crate of Facepalms? CO victim's family sue ammo distributors

[Platapus]

We are gonna need a lot of them

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/17/justice/colorado-theater-shooting-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

The parents of a woman killed during the Colorado theater shooting two years ago are suing four online retailers for negligence. The websites sold James Holmes the ammunition, body armor, tear gas and other equipment used when he opened fired in a packed Aurora movie theater during a July 2012 midnight showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises."


The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence (http://www.bradycampaign.org/press-room/brady-center-sues-online-sellers-of-ammunition-and-equipment-used-in-aurora-movie-theater) filed the lawsuit on behalf of Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, whose daughter Jessica Ghawi was shot and killed in the attack that left 12 dead and dozens wounded.



The lawsuit alleges that Lucky Gunner, the Sportman's Guide, BulletProofBodyArmorHQ.com and BTP Arms negligently supplied Holmes.


"A crazed, homicidal killer should not be able to amass a military arsenal, without showing his face or answering a single question, with the simple click of a mouse," said a statement released by the Brady Center. "If businesses choose to sell military-grade equipment online, they must screen purchasers to prevent arming people like James Holmes."


And how, pray tell, is an online distributor supposed to identify someone as a "crazed, homicidal killer" prior to the sale?? Is there an app for that?


(facepalm)


I am sure that the purpose of this lawsuit is to protect the safety of the public and not either financially (deep pockets) or politically (Brady center) motivated. That would be wrong.

[Rockstar]

Noooooo not Sportsman Guide! I get my ammo from that store.

[Platapus]

Next we are gonna sue libraries if they lend a book to someone and that someone goes out and kills people.

He or she might have gotten ideas from the book. GUILTY!


I think the family should sue the gas station for selling gas to this criminal. If the criminal did not have gas, he could not have driven to the theater, therefore saving all those people.

How could that gas station sell gas to a "crazed, homicidal killer"? GUILTY pay us!

[Jimbuna]

Better be careful....there are a lot of oxygen thieves walking the streets.

[Wolferz]

Better be careful....there are a lot of oxygen thieves walking the streets.

Mouth Breathers!
What can we do about them?:haha:

[Jimbuna]

Nothing I'd post here :)

[Buddahaid]

You can have a bake sale. :woot:
http://warpzoneprints.com/products/picard-face-palm-cookie-cutter

[Aktungbby]

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0461/6361/products/meme_picard_01_large.jpg?v=1399010517:har: ALL COOKIES RESOLVED!:D

[Buddahaid]

And you'll need this too. Bake it so.
http://justjennrecipes.com/picard-facepalm-cookies/

[Jimbuna]

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[Wolferz]

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They always pull the hot pepper jokes on the red shirts.:haha:

[Jimbuna]

They always pull the hot pepper jokes on the red shirts.:haha:

LOL :)

[mapuc]

I have always heard that USA was the country of the free and for the free, but I didn't knew it was that free

that you just put an online order on some ammo and the next day or so, the postman deliverer it to you or you get it at your local post office.

Here in Denmark and in Sweden there are regulations.

I don't know every rules I just know that you just can't put an order on some ammo.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

As is the case in the UK and a great many other countries I suspect.

[Wolferz]

I have always heard that USA was the country of the free and for the free, but I didn't knew it was that free

that you just put an online order on some ammo and the next day or so, the postman deliverer it to you or you get it at your local post office.

Here in Denmark and in Sweden there are regulations.

I don't know every rules I just know that you just can't put an order on some ammo.

Markus

As long as your credit card isn't in a name like ISIS or Al Qaeda Inc. you're good to go.:up: Lock and load.:arrgh!:

[Jeff-Groves]

Let's stop people from buying mass amounts of eggs and petrol.
Use those with styrofoam cups and you have home brew Napalm.
Now that we know that. Should we sue Subsim since the basis can be found here?
Or you can sue me. Good luck getting anything but a finger wave!
:haha:

Better yet! Let's sue anyone that supports the 'Net!
Those SOB's allow the information to flow!

[razark]

And how, pray tell, is an online distributor supposed to identify someone as a "crazed, homicidal killer" prior to the sale??
Is there a way for an offline retailer to check? How does an online store verify the purchaser's age, or that any other criteria for a legal sale were met? Would the purchaser have been able to walk into a store and legally purchase the same items?


Did the websites in question follow all applicable laws in regards to selling the items to the purchaser? If so, the lawsuit is pointless. However, it does open the question whether some products should be available for sale online, where the problem of knowing exactly who you are selling to is harder to answer.

[Platapus]

If so, the lawsuit is pointless.

In the US, that is irrelevant.

Pointless lawsuits is how lawyers get their fame and fortune. :nope:

As soon as the first lawyer learned that companies will settle out of court (extortion), they started dreaming of their BMWs and vacations.

It was money in the bank!

[razark]

In the US, that is irrelevant.
Sadly. Perhaps I should say "meritless"?