Comments on: Bloomberg gun lawsuits will go on

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:33:27 +0000

I’m with that first poster: the “agents” who conducted these “stings” should be in prison for violating the law. They had no authority for what they did, and they’ve voluntarily produced the proof that they committed the acts… of course, generally, law-enforcement protects its own (human nature, you know), so I don’t expect anything to come of it.

And yes, these cases are absolutely crockery.

By: Rob McDaniels

Rob McDaniels — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:49:09 +0000

Its worse than you think.

Smoking was allowed in these Indiana, KY and SC gun shops, a flagrant violation of NYC law.

And transfats were present. If you going to do business with someone who may live 1,000 miles, KNOW THE LAW!

By: E-Bell

E-Bell — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:08:26 +0000

Over at David Hardy's blog, Of Arms and the Law, there is some speculation about why Judge Weinstein continually gets assigned to hear anti-gun suits, even though judicial assignments are supposed to be random.

By: ben tillman

ben tillman — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:20:45 +0000

How in the world do these defendants end up agreeing to the jurisdiction of out-of-state courts? Seems like extreme malpractice to me.

These dealers and their lawyers and customers need to get some cajones and sue the City of New York and its pet judges for conspiracy to deprive Americans of their civil rights.

[DMN: They didn’t “agree.” In fact, they challenged the jurisdiction; that was the subject of this decision by Judge Weinstein. He rejected their challenge and found that the New York courts have jurisdiction.]

By: Supremacy Claus

Supremacy Claus — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:39:49 +0000

Judicial hellhole biased venues in the South are attacking northern corporations, and seeking to plunder them. The unfairness of this case has symmetry.

By: Anonymous Attorney

Anonymous Attorney — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:29:18 +0000

We can be thankful that the Second Circuit is more considered.

What gets me about the gun lawsuits is that you’ve basically got big-city liberals who want to blame gun violence on out-of-state rural gun dealers instead of the urban thugs actually committing the violence. Common sense tells us where the blame should lie, but the ideology of folks like Bloomberg is that evil red-staters, not his precious blue-staters, are to blame for the problems. What a joke.

By: jamrat

jamrat — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:00:54 +0000

I’m getting “page not found” at the Weinstein link.

[DMN: Oops. Fixed.]

By: ff

ff — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:41:34 +0000

Opinion here: http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/Decisions_of_Interest/6cv2233mo81507.pdf [DMN: Thanks. Added.]

By: P

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:57:33 +0000

I dunno. I mean, if the agents let it be known that they plan to carry the guns across state lines to a place where it’s pretty much common knowledge that firearms are tightly regulated…I dunno. I’m not a lawyer.