Well that does it...I'm officially depressed

[BigBlock]

I thought you can. If you buy a gun from a dealer and it blows up in your face due to something that's not your fault, why can't you sue the dealer?

Because it wasn't the dealer's fault. If you buy a used product you almost always buy it as is. If you buy a used car and the wheel falls off can you sue the car dealer? No, you're SOL. There wouldn't be all these gun auction sites if they were liable for everything that could happen with these used guns - they would have been sued out of business a long time ago.

 

[2RCO]

CD you have any tools for sale at scrap value. I'll pay $270 a ton that's a bit high for unprocessed scrap I know but I'm a nice guy. Oh by tools I mean the ones that strike primers and a bullet comes out one end.

 

[Aussie bloke!]

Values?

G'day everyone,.......

I was just going to mention 'Historical Value'.

Aussie.

 

[rkh]

Because it wasn't the dealer's fault. If you buy a used product you almost always buy it as is. If you buy a used car and the wheel falls off can you sue the car dealer? No, you're SOL. There wouldn't be all these gun auction sites if they were liable for everything that could happen with these used guns - they would have been sued out of business a long time ago.

Actually, you probably could sue the dealer. Dealers are in the chain of commerce, and are not exempt from products liability law. Dealers typically don't get sued, however, because car manufacturers tend to be more attractive targets.

If, however, you use Gunsamerica to buy a gun that blows up and injures you, it will be almost impossible to successfully sue Gunsamerica.

The website is a public forum to connect buyers with sellers--online classified ads. They aren't selling anything other than the right to post advertisements. They have no knowledge of the condition of the products that their clients sell, nor do they have any way of inspecting anything in order to verify safe operation.

You could, however, sue the FFL that transferred the kabooming gun to you.

 

[bpk1]

I'm not sure if you could sue or not, as I'm not an attorney. Though I agree that the melting of guns is a loss of money, and as stated before possibly historical value, which could be used to support the police department.

 

[pharmer]

I got a bunch of wood grips and magazines from a local LE agency for free from a trusted friend. No reason for them to go in the furnace. Dumb is dumb but wasteful is wrong. Joe

 

[BigBlock]

Actually, you probably could sue the dealer. Dealers are in the chain of commerce, and are not exempt from products liability law.

But as far as used guns are concerned, you're on your own. It would be your responsibility to inspect the weapon before buying/using it. Just like any other used product, you can't sue a used car dealer when a car breaks, you can't sue a pawn shop if a nail gun you bought breaks, you can't sue good will if a toaster you bought breaks. Well, you can try, but you'll lose....

 

[Stoney]

My wife had to take a mint Maxim gun to the steel mill for destruction. Brass water jacket, tool kit and everything. Not registered and no museum wanted it. She said she almost cried.

Gun Tech
I would like to here the story about how that came to be. Makes me want to cry too.

 

[bluetopper]

The gun auction/sales sites are not dealers anyway. They are just brokers who bring buyers and sellers together.

 

[Charles Foxtrot]

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The PoLice used to auction confiscated guns here in Kali. Then the media heard about it -- the resultant wadding of panties was deafening.