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I saw that, and the thought crossed my mind that nobody's calling for lawsuits against the gun manufacturers, or the retailers who sold Holmes the guns and ammunition. How the times have changed.
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Yep, I think it's pretty well established in case law by now that the intervention of a criminal third party insulates the firearm/ammunition manufacturers from lawsuits in cases where there's nothing actually defective with the gun or ammo. Contrast that to cigarettes, where product-liability lawsuits *have* gained traction, because there's no criminal third party between the manufacturers and the consumers.