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Lehigh University
Firearms industry should bear financial liability for homicides involving handguns
April 5th, 2008
BETHLEHEM, PA (March 18, 2008)--George Nation, professor of law and business at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., argues in the April issue of the Baylor Law Review that manufacturers of guns should be required to bear vicarious financial liability for the harm suffered by innocent bystanders who have been injured by the criminal use of their products. "Traditionally, gun manufacturers have escaped responsibility when it comes to the criminal use of their products," says Nation. "The legal system essentially presumes that criminal activity is not to be expected and that manufacturers have no control over the use of their products." "But with more...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-05)
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