Sanders, Sandy Hook and PLCAA

So, Huffington continues to have articles suggesting that "Bernie Sanders Stumbles On Guns And Sandy Hook Families".

Not worth going on at to much length about it, as I have before, but wanted to single out one comment among many that expressed the same theme (although there were a lot supporting Sander's perspective).

So, Mr. Commenter says:

"If an appliance company sold a toaster that was implicated in the deaths of 2 people, they would be sued off the face of the earth. If a drug company marketed a drug that they knew was unsafe, they would be sued into oblivion. If a car company sold cars that they knew were unsafe, they would be fined and sued to high heavens. But not the merchants of death that are the gun manufacturers. They get a pass. You have an odd sense of justice."

My thoughts were:

First, just love the histrionics:  "Merchants of Death!" Are you sure this isn't Hillary?

But you need a better example!  If the toaster blew up and hot flying metal and bagels killed 2 people due to its faulty construction, then a suit may be warranted (of course, there could still be operator negligence - too many bagels, wrong slot, etc.). If junior grabs the perfectly functioning toaster by the cord and bludgeons 2 people to death with it because they wouldn't leggo his eggo, then not so much. Anything can be lethal in the hands of a dedicated killer (go ahead, search for "drano murders"). Bet that's unsafe for human consumption!

Key words here - "Knew to be unsafe".

A firearm, particularly functioning as it is designed to, does not kill anyone any more than a perfectly functioning automobile (or toaster).  It requires a person intent on killing and such a person intent might use any of a variety of tools - shall they all be illegal or should all manufacturers be sued for this use. We will, for the time being, not go to the next step and talk about whether the killing is justified or not.

It is convenient for some people (okay, liberals) to deny the mess that our culture has become in favor of demonizing inanimate objects that have been in existence for centuries and are more regulated now than they have ever been in our history.  Guns require humans. The fact that several decades of liberal social policy have led to the violence we see now is an uncomfortable truth - it says something about our society that we do not want to hear - so let's stick our fingers in our ears and blame something else. When that doesn't help (as it has not in other countries), we can be assured that someone will move on to even more restriction of rights.

Meanwhile, gun control groups, while they like to use the term "gun safety" continue to work against gun industry groups who get grants to provide trigger locks and the like.  Adam Lanza stole a perfectly functioning gun, killed his mother, its owner, then the children at Sandy Hook Elementary, then himself.  He did it.  A good trigger lock would have made the firearm non-functional.  What is it with you people?

BTW, when will we be suing the manufacturers of predator drones, cruise missiles, MRAPS, and the like?