Let's streamline the appeals process so that when someone is put to death, the citizenry still has a vivid recollection of the crime that lead to this extreme punishment. I make my living suing manufacturers of defective products. I pack heat because there are crazy people on our area's streets. But the idea of taking gun manufacturers to court for the sins of their users does not fly. If this happens on the heels of the tobacco litigation, I can see a person coming into my office wanting to sue WaWa because the ice cream sold to their spouse 10 years ago was responsible for a weight gain and a buildup of cholesterol, which ultimately caused the heart attack, which left the person a widow.
Bottom line is that at some point the consumer is responsible.
In this case, the gun manufacturer does not intent for his sale to cause havoc on the streets. The easy answer is to give a soundbite as to how unions deter economic growth and hinder the free market. Well, sorry to disappoint my conservative colleagues, but that's not how I see it. Unions have usefulness in the 1990's and serve a legitimate purpose today, much as they have done in the past. Most importantly, they give necessary representation and bargaining power to those who would otherwise be at the complete mercy of employers.