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President Biden holds country supplying weapons responsible for casualties inflicted by those weapons (www.whitehouse.gov)
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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 year ago (6 children)

So they'll sue gun shops owners when there's a mass-killing going on, right?

[–] Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Do you sue car dealerships when a drunk driver kills someone?

[–] SquirtleHermit@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Bars certainly can be held liable for drunk drivers they served.

[–] WHARRGARBL@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not dealerships, but 43 US states plus DC, have dram shop laws that allow a drunk driver to sue the establishment that overserved.

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