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Second Amendment Foundation Applauds Florida Judge
U.S. Newswire
27 Jan 19:24
Second Amendment Foundation Applauds Florida Judge For Setting
Aside Gun Verdict
To: National Desk
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation,
425-454-7012
BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Second Amendment
Foundation (SAF) today applauded Palm beach County Circuit Judge
Jorge Labarga for setting aside the outrageous $1.2 million verdict
against the Valor Corporation for distributing the firearm used by
13-year-old Nathaniel Brazill to murder his teacher over two years
ago.
"Judge Labarga has allowed common sense and the rule of law to
prevail over emotion," observed SAF founder Alan Gottlieb. "The
Valor verdict defied logic by holding the Valor Corporation
responsible for the willful act of a young thug. Nathaniel Brazill,
who stole the pistol used to gun down Lake Worth Middle School
teacher Barry Grunow, is solely responsible for that crime, and not
the distributor."
Grunow's widow, Pamela, represented by lawyers from the anti-gun
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, had sued Valor, claiming that
the distributor could have made the .25-caliber Raven semiautomatic
pistol safer by installing some type of locking device. Because the
jury ruled that the pistol was not defective, Judge Labarga ruled
their monetary award to Grunow to be inconsistent with that
finding.
"Once again, the Brady Center's attempts to hold the firearms
industry responsible for the vicious acts of criminals, regardless
of their age, have been thwarted," Gottlieb noted. "Valor
distributed a product that was not defective. Installation of a
trigger lock or some other device may or may not have prevented the
young killer from using that particular gun, but it would likely
not have stopped him from committing the murder.
"Brazill clearly demonstrated his intent," Gottlieb continued,
"by stealing the gun in the first place. He took the unloaded
pistol and ammunition, deliberately loaded the gun and went to
school. Claiming Valor was in any way responsible for that,
financially or otherwise, is beyond logic, and we're delighted that
Judge Labarga understood that."
Brazill was sentenced to 28 years in prison for shooting Grunow
in a confrontation outside of the classroom.
"Nathanial Brazill, not Valor or anyone else, pulled the trigger
and took Barry Grunow's life," Gottlieb stated. "Justice has been
served twice, the first time by sending Brazill to prison, and now
by setting aside a ridiculous and contradictory jury verdict."
http://www.usnewswire.com
Thank God common sense is not completely dead.
U.S. Newswire
27 Jan 19:24
Second Amendment Foundation Applauds Florida Judge For Setting
Aside Gun Verdict
To: National Desk
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation,
425-454-7012
BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Second Amendment
Foundation (SAF) today applauded Palm beach County Circuit Judge
Jorge Labarga for setting aside the outrageous $1.2 million verdict
against the Valor Corporation for distributing the firearm used by
13-year-old Nathaniel Brazill to murder his teacher over two years
ago.
"Judge Labarga has allowed common sense and the rule of law to
prevail over emotion," observed SAF founder Alan Gottlieb. "The
Valor verdict defied logic by holding the Valor Corporation
responsible for the willful act of a young thug. Nathaniel Brazill,
who stole the pistol used to gun down Lake Worth Middle School
teacher Barry Grunow, is solely responsible for that crime, and not
the distributor."
Grunow's widow, Pamela, represented by lawyers from the anti-gun
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, had sued Valor, claiming that
the distributor could have made the .25-caliber Raven semiautomatic
pistol safer by installing some type of locking device. Because the
jury ruled that the pistol was not defective, Judge Labarga ruled
their monetary award to Grunow to be inconsistent with that
finding.
"Once again, the Brady Center's attempts to hold the firearms
industry responsible for the vicious acts of criminals, regardless
of their age, have been thwarted," Gottlieb noted. "Valor
distributed a product that was not defective. Installation of a
trigger lock or some other device may or may not have prevented the
young killer from using that particular gun, but it would likely
not have stopped him from committing the murder.
"Brazill clearly demonstrated his intent," Gottlieb continued,
"by stealing the gun in the first place. He took the unloaded
pistol and ammunition, deliberately loaded the gun and went to
school. Claiming Valor was in any way responsible for that,
financially or otherwise, is beyond logic, and we're delighted that
Judge Labarga understood that."
Brazill was sentenced to 28 years in prison for shooting Grunow
in a confrontation outside of the classroom.
"Nathanial Brazill, not Valor or anyone else, pulled the trigger
and took Barry Grunow's life," Gottlieb stated. "Justice has been
served twice, the first time by sending Brazill to prison, and now
by setting aside a ridiculous and contradictory jury verdict."
http://www.usnewswire.com
Thank God common sense is not completely dead.