The person who killed Mr. Ileto is Buford O. Furrow, Jr. You should all know that: 1) Furrow was a convicted felon disqualified from owning guns by condition of sentence (see Appendix F. of his Judgment on the conviction and the Statement of Defendant, item 6,(s)) in Furrow's prior criminal record available at URL (this link no longer is alive) http://www.apbonline.com/newscenter/breakingnews/1999/08/12/jewishdocs.html 2) Furrow's prior conviction was for 2nd degree assault at the Fairfax Psychiatric Hospital in Kirkland, a Seattle suburb, where he had sought treatment 3) The sentencing judge specifically reminded Furrow that he was prohibited from owning Firearms as a result of his plea and Furrow signed a document acknowledging that fact as well as agreeing to a search of his home for firearms 4) Furrow had been an FFL and police knew he had owned firearms in the past, but did not search his property to secure firearms. One corrections official told CBS News, 'We planned to [search]; we just hadn't gotten around to it yet.' 5) Furrow killed a postal worker using a Glock semiautomatic pistol which was originally purchased by the police department in Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor County and later sold to Furrow. 6) Furrow's gun purchases were made in Washington State almost 1000 miles distant from the location of the daycare center where he wounded 5 people and later killed the postal worker.
The key point in this was that a police department sold the gun at issue to Furrow in a legal transaction. At the time Furrow was an FFL. When Furrow became disqualified to own firearms, the police neglected to search Furrow's property to secure firearms they knew he owned. To me, the government intermediaries in the gun transaction and in neglecting their duty to retrieve firearms from a convicted felon will provide a good defense to Glock on this case. It appears to me that by bringing this case some are prepared to make the law a joke. Phil Lee -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joseph E. Olson Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ninth Circuit allows "too many guns" case to proceed SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - * * * The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to have a larger en banc panel of judges reconsider its 2 to 1 November ruling that allowed a lawsuit against Glock Inc. and gun sellers. The suit alleges negligence for using a distribution scheme that made it likely their guns would end up in the hands of illegal buyers. The case stems from the murder of a postal worker, Joseph Ileto, who was shot by a white supremacist. * * * Relatives of victims filed a lawsuit charging gun makers used negligent marketing strategies that caused their guns to end up in the hands of the wrong people. A majority of the 9th circuit voted against rehearing the case, although eight judges dissented. The court normally has 26 judges but it does not announce the number who form a majority in a given opinion. "The potential impact of the panel's decision is staggering," Consuelo Callahan wrote for the dissenting judges. "Any manufacturer of an arguably dangerous product that finds its way into California can be hauled into court in California to defend against a civil action brought by a victim of the criminal use of that product." "Thus General Motors would be sued by someone who was hit by a Corvette that had been stolen by a juvenile," she wrote. "The plaintiff would allege that General Motors knew that cars that can greatly exceed the legal speed limit are dangerous, and through advertising and by offering discounts, increased the attractiveness of the car and the number of Corvettes on the road and this increased the likelihood that a juvenile would steal a Corvette and operate it in an injurious manner." * * * *********************************************************************** Professor Joseph Olson Hamline University School of Law tel. (651) 523-2142 St. Paul, Minnesota 55104-1284 fax. (651) 523-2236 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof
