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Related: About this forumRemington liability case documents opened up to public
The ruling comes in Aleksich vs. Remington, a 1991 case involving an incident where a Butte teenager was wounded in a discharge of a Model 700 rifle.
A California law firm sought access to the documents on behalf of Richard Barber of Manhattan, whose 9-year-old son, Gus, was killed when the family's Model 700 rifle misfired after a family hunting trip.
Through years of pain-staking research, Barber says design defects cause the rifle to fire without anyone pulling the trigger.
http://www.ktvq.com/news/remington-liability-case-documents-opened-up-to-public/
ileus
(15,396 posts)maintenance it's what's for dinner...
holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)... the gun just "went off". You have to believe me!
socialindependocrat
(1,372 posts)Why were the court records sealed? What's the secret?
I know, read the rest of the article.
I'll be back....
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)painstaking
1pains·tak·ing
noun \ˈpān-ˌstā-kiŋ\
Definition of PAINSTAKING
: the action of taking pains : diligent care and effort
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2painstaking
adjective
Definition of PAINSTAKING
: taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
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Synonyms: careful, conscientious, fussy, loving, meticulous, scrupulous
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A California law firm sought access to the documents on behalf of Richard Barber of Manhattan, whose 9-year-old son, Gus, was killed when the family's Model 700 rifle misfired after a family hunting trip.
Maybe Mr. Barber should have unloaded his rifle after the hunt was over.
Another example of why basic gun safety should be taught in public schools.
GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)Last edited Wed Sep 26, 2012, 11:20 AM - Edit history (1)
The Army used it as a sniper rifle in Vietnam. Now, after all those rifles and all those years someone claims there is a design defect? Why didn't it show up decades ago?
Missycim
(950 posts)so control freaks can sue some more and more and more, until what the couldn't do in the legislatures can be done in the courts.
GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)Remmah2
(3,291 posts)The wild card is the owner. Many people I know don't mantain their cars, chainsaws, power tools, houses, firearms, lawnmowers, garage door openers, yet the equipment is "junk" if it malfunctions.
Some people blunder through life wondering what the hell happened.
Callisto32
(2,997 posts)FIFY.
Remmah2
(3,291 posts)spin
(17,493 posts)except for the fact that the media has a long history of distorting the facts about firearms.
Callisto32
(2,997 posts)I was firing a friends 700 in 6mm, a wonderful shooter it was. Then it fired upon closing the bolt, this was the 3rd shot on a clean bolt assembly. We put that particular rifle away for the rest of the day. I don't think we ever really talked about it again, and I lost touch with the fellow, but it definitely does happen.
That said, design defect is a bit much to conclude. Millions (I think) of those things exist, and as with any machine a certain rate of failure is to be expected.