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April 25, 2005 Sturm Ruger Press Release on DC v. Beretta, et al "...However, this misbegotten statute again clearly demonstrates the need for effective federal preemption legislation to finally end these wasteful lawsuits. "If a manufacturer lawfully sold a completely conventional firearm to a licensed retired police chief in New York which was subsequently stolen and, many years later through a series of underworld transactions, ended up being misused by a criminal in Washington, D.C., this bill would make the manufacturer absolutely liable, without any defenses," said Sturm, Ruger President Stephen L. Sanetti. "This is an unfair inversion of responsibility and creates an impossible situation for any manufacturer of any lawfully-sold product, short of ceasing business altogether. This is not the American way, and Congress needs to stop this impossible situation as soon as possible," he concluded..." |
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