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Old 11-02-2006, 12:17 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by Flint
This is an extreme tangent, but guns and chainsaws are intended to do physical harm or damage to something (hammers, too, if you consider a pneumatic nailgun to be the nail-driver of choice, and a hammer to be mostly a demolition tool) while cars are designed primarily to transport. While a car can cause harm, it isn't the primary purpose of the device. This really has no bearing on anything whatsoever. Carry on...
Consider ... when was the last time anyway called for a ban on cars, or tried to sue a car manufacturer because a drunk driver intentionally misused a perfectly legal and perfectly functioning product?

This is essentially the basis of the liability suits against gun manufacturers.
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