Comments on: May 18 roundup

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:47:05 +0000

Good catch on the date of the gun paper. Afraid it slipped right by me, even though I know quite well that “just published on SSRN” by no means equates to “just published”.

By: Soronel Haetir

Soronel Haetir — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:46:34 +0000

I started reading the article then thought to look at the publish date. I’m not terribly worried by something that came out in 2002. These folks lost the PLCAA battle, I don’t see that ground getting rehashed any time soon.

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:19:11 +0000

academic proposal for charging gunmakers: So I didn’t read all ninety some pages of the PDF. But the conclusion I think the authors were trying to make (but failed to state so explicitly) is: there is a whole lot of money to be made by suing firearm companies. Forget about round one. We’ve given it some more thought – because that what academians do – and we’ve come up with a new angle on things. We’re gonna find some charitable venues and get back with everyone…and then we’ll run a few test cases. If the levies begin to falter, we’ll send up the flag and you guys can call in the cavalry. We’re all gonna be rich!