{"id":58759,"date":"2020-08-26T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=58759"},"modified":"2020-08-26T14:54:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T19:54:38","slug":"58759","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=58759","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, since The Trace<\/em> is<\/em><\/strong> Bloomberg operation, you can figure which end of the horse they’re emulating for their articles.<\/p>\n

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The Trace Tries To Turn Gun Community Against McCloskeys<\/a><\/p>\n

Mark and Patricia McCloskey have become icons on the right. They provided a stark visual for many of just what the stakes are with the recent unrest in many of our cities. After all, the mob showed up in their front yard and they were prepared to defend themselves.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t blame them for that.<\/p>\n

However, it seems that\u00a0The Trace<\/em>\u00a0wants everyone to know that these two new symbols of gun rights activism are really vile anti-gunners or something. After all, they\u00a0sued a gun manufacturer out of existence<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The McCloskeys \u2014 now embracing their role as mascots for the gun-rights movement \u2014 will speak during the opening night of the\u00a0Republican National Convention on August 24<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But their new profile ignores a significant chapter in their professional histories: The couple, who for decades ran a personal injury law practice in Missouri, litigated numerous cases against prominent gun manufacturers and contributed to the downfall of what was once America\u2019s largest handgun maker. In fact, the handgun Patricia McCloskey brandished on June 28\u00a0appears to have been an exhibit used in one of those cases.<\/p>\n

In several cases in state and federal courts, Mark McCloskey represented plaintiffs who had been injured by handguns manufactured by Bryco Arms, a gunmaker that became notorious in the late 1990s and early 2000s for producing low-quality pistols derided as \u201cjunk guns\u201d by gun-rights and gun-control activists alike. Bryco\u2019s products had a reputation for being used in crimes \u2014\u00a0and having design defects that lead to unintentional discharges.<\/p>\n

One case,\u00a0Chronister v. Bryco<\/i>, ended in a judgment of more than $350,000 in 2001 after Mark McCloskey successfully argued that the company was liable for a defective design that caused one of its handguns to misfire in a man\u2019s hand with the chamber open. The explosion left the plaintiff in the case with shrapnel in his face, hearing loss, tinnitus and temporary blindness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And?<\/p>\n

While many of us take issue with some of the lawsuits we see leveled at gun manufacturers, almost no one would take issue with the case cited by\u00a0The Trace<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You see, that lawsuit stemmed from a faulty design. Shooters were being injured by the guns, so a lawsuit was certainly warranted. What we get worked up about are lawsuits that try to blame gun companies for things that are beyond their control, such as suing them for the actions carried out by third parties using those companies\u2019 firearms.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not what this case is about, though.<\/p>\n

Absolutely no one faults a lawsuit following an injury that resulted from faulty designing or manufacturing. So what if it killed Bryco? While Bryco made cheap guns that allowed low-income individuals to arm themselves, that doesn\u2019t help if they get injured trying to use the things.<\/p>\n

The Trace<\/em>\u00a0is bringing that up in hopes that it will cause alienation of the McCloskeys by the gun community and the right as a whole. However, it also shows that these supposed specialists in gun politics don\u2019t even understand this side of the aisle well enough to get that there\u2019s a difference between the lawsuit the McCloskeys won and, say, the lawsuit against Remington where they\u2019re being blamed for Newtown due to their marketing materials.<\/p>\n

In the process, they\u2019re trying to also label the McCloskeys and us as hypocrites. Instead, they just make themselves look like idiots.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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