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Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:39:19 -0300

Frank,  in fact it is the success of the American process  that gives you
30K+ shooting deaths per year. Your senate also doesn't get it with other
more important forms of arms control as well. I  blame, fear and pity
misinformed attitudes like yours. I also realize that nothing other than
being struck by lightening on the road to Damascus will change your beliefs
- so let's leave it be.
tom horan

> ----------
> From: 	Frank Schiffel[SMTP:SchifF@mail.health.state.mo.us]
> Reply To: 	trauma-list@trauma.org
> Sent: 	Quinta-feira, 14 de Outubro de 1999 11:00
> To: 	trauma-list@trauma.org
> Subject: 	Re: RE: Colt stops handgun production
> 
> well, it would make more sense to sue the judges who let the felons out of
> jail, or those who actually commit the crimes, or even the psychiatrists
> who believe that there is a constitutional right not to be treated if you
> are a sociopath.
> 
> its interesting that in the recent school shootings, mass murders and what
> not, somebody knew that that person was on a medication for a mental
> problem or was violent or had violent tendencies and yet nothing was done.
> looks like a process failure somewhere folks.
> 
> next time there's a shooting and your trauma unit responds, get on the
> social workers and psychs and see what they are going to do about it. I'd
> be real interested in their behavioral response.
> 
> of course, God forbid that we actually hold the perpetrator responsible
> for his actions...
> 
> >>> Young C SSgt 41RQS/DOJ <christopher.young@moody.af.mil> 10/14/99
> 8:07:28 AM >>>
> I think the bill to allow people to sue weapons makers is B.S. This will
> do
> nothing to stop violent crimes in America! 
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	Karim Brohi[SMTP:karim@trauma.org] 
> > Reply To: 	trauma-list@trauma.org 
> > Sent: 	Wednesday, October 13, 1999 3:33 PM
> > To: 	Trauma-List
> > Subject: 	Colt stops handgun production
> > 
> > As a followup to the debate (now archived on the web pages) - here's an
> > article from yesterday's Guardian (UK broadsheet newspaper - leans
> > somewhat
> > to the left!).  Step in the right direction (though not exactly for the
> > right reasons!!)
> > 
> > Colt bites bullet and stops production of handguns
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles
> > Tuesday October 12, 1999
> > 
> > It was patented as the world's first revolving handgun in 1835 and soon
> > became part of the American vocabulary. No self-respecting sharpshooter
> > was
> > without his pearl-handled, silver-plated pal.
> > But now one of the world's most famous handguns is to be withdrawn from
> > sale
> > to the public. Colt, which fears impending lawsuits brought by cities
> > where
> > shootings have taken place and by victims' relatives, yesterday
> announced
> > that it will cease production of its legendary handguns.
> > 
> > The move comes amid confusion as to whether gunmakers will face
> > multimillion
> > dollar law suits under consumer protection legislation.
> > 
> > The manufacturer's decision will be welcomed by firearm control
> > organisations but will cause tremors throughout the gun industry, which
> > has
> > seen the damage done to tobacco firms by similar civil actions.
> > 
> > "It's extremely painful when you have to withdraw from a business for
> > irrational reasons," a Colt executive told Newsweek. "We have to focus
> on
> > what we know we can make money on without taking that risk."
> > 
> > Colt will continue to supply weapons to the military, for whom it has
> > secured a contract for 32,000 M16 guns. It will also supply replica
> > weapons,
> > including its famous Colt .45 handgun, to the collectors' market. But
> the
> > company now deems the consumer handgun business too risky in the current
> > litigious climate. Three hundred of the 700 workers at the Colt factory
> in
> > Hartford, Connecticut, are being laid off.
> > 
> > Handguns are used in 57% of the 31,000 killings that take place each
> year
> > in
> > the US. As a result, at least 29 cities, including Chicago, Miami, San
> > Francisco and Los Angeles, have brought actions against gun
> manufacturers .
> > 
> > Colt and Smith & Wesson have been named in the suits.
> > 
> > Last week a Cincinnati judge threw out one suit, but the law remains
> > unclear. The cities are using consumer protection law to claim that
> > handgun
> > manufacturers failed their responsibilities to the public.
> > 
> > Colt's decision has great resonance because of the place the gun
> occupies
> > in
> > American history. According to legend, seven-year-old Sam Colt became
> > fascinated by guns after dismantling his father's weapon at his home in
> > Massachusetts.
> > 
> > After serving as a seaman, he invented the revolving handgun, which he
> > patented in 1835. Soon Colt was being marketed under the slogan: "The
> best
> > armed are the bravest."
> > 
> > Texas Rangers and the US army were soon using Colt weapons and
> gunslingers
> > adopted custom-made guns with ivory, pearl or walnut handles and a gold
> or
> > silver finish. Colt's 1903 "pocket hammerless" is still sought by
> > collectors. Luis Tolley, of the pressure group Handgun Control, welcome
> > the
> > civil suits this summer as "very significant".
> > 
> > 
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