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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
Not even Canada would pass legislation that makes someone liable for the criminal actions of a third party. What you are proposing is basically saying that if my house is broken into and my gun is stolen, I am now on the hook for whatever the criminal who victimized me does with it.
No one is ever going to be on board with making people financially liable for the actions of others. Especially when those actions already have criminal consequences.
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Maybe that comes from redefining how we treat guns under the law. To me they are designed for one purpose and that's to kill stuff. Target shooting, that's not the true reason for a gun. Its designed to kill stuff.
So what your saying above, to me doesn't matter personally.
This isn't a car that's been stolen who's primary design is to drive someone, or your stereo, which may kill due to the musical stylings of Justin Bieber.
But a gun, you should be ultimately responsible for the weapons that you own. If its stolen (fine I'll add a rider) and you had it improperly stored, then you should absolutely be liable for it. just like if your kid can grab your gun and shoot himself with it or his friend, you didn't have it stored properly so you should be liable.