Another lawsuit bites the dust...

Pam Grunow's lawsuit argued that Valor Corp. was negligent in selling the cheap handgun used in the shooting and should be held liable for the May 2000 death of her husband, Barry Grunow. He was shot in the doorway of his middle school classroom by Nathaniel Brazill, who stole the gun from the man he considered to be a grandfather.

"We certainly sympathize with Grunow and recognize the tragedy of the events that transpired. However, it was Brazill, his grandfather, and perhaps the school that were liable, not Valor," the opinion said.

Do I hear hints of liability for organizations which forbid employees to carry firearms for self-defense (with the appropriate permits) and do not also provide armed security guards? After all, forbidding self-defense is a action with potentially serious and foreseeable consequences.

I'm not sure if I would seriously advocate such liability, but it's a lot closer to reality than what the gun bigots are trying to force through the courts at the moment.

On another note, the picture illustrates a common problem leading to firearms accidents among those ignorance of safe firearms handling practices. Get your finger out of the trigger guard, Nathaniel, before you... oh... never mind. It wasn't an accident.

Hat tip to Alphecca on this story.

Posted on 2005-06-05 20:25:19.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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