IN A RARE CASE OF A GUN STORE BEING HELD LIABLE FOR THE CRIME OF
SELLING GUNS TO SOMEONE THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE SOLD THEM TO, A
WISCONSIN COURT IS ORDERING A GUN STORE TO PAY POLICE OFFICERS
WHO WERE INJURED WITH GUNS THAT
THE PERPETRATOR SHOULD NOT HAVE
HAD.
COLLINS WAS APPARENTLY PAID $40 BY ANOTHER GUY TO BUY THE
GUN.
WHAT IS AMAZING ABOUT THAT IS THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE
WENT INTO BUY THE GUNS FOR SOMEONE ELSE, WAS PAID TO BUY THEM FOR
SOMEONE ELSE, WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS BUYING THE GUNS FOR HIMSELF
HE STILL WENT TO CHECK NO ORIGINALLY.
NOT THE SMARTEST CRIMINAL.
A LOT OF CRIMINALS ARE NOT THE BRIGHTEST BULBS.
WHEN YOU GO TO
BECOME A STRAWMAN PURCHASER, IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU DON'T REALLY
NEED AN IVY LEAGUE DEGREE.
APPARENTLY.
SON, ARE YOU BUYING THE GUN FOR SOMEONE ELSE?
GOD KNOWS IF THEY ARE UNDERAGE OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING.
YES, NO, WHAT IS THE ANSWER?
I DON'T KNOW.
THE GUY WHO ENDED UP
GETTING THE GUN IS JULIUS BURTON, HE WAS RIDING HIS
BICYCLE ON A SIDEWALK WHEN THE OFFICERS STOPPED HIM AND THAT
LED TO THEM BOTH BEING SHOT IN THE FACE, ONE OF THE REASONS SO
MUCH MONEY IS BEING GIVEN OUT.
THIS OFFICER BRIAN NORBERG AND
GRAHAM KUNISCH, THIS IS WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING
TO THEM.
AS I SAID, IT IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT BADGER GUNS
IS BEING FORCED TO PAY.
THIS GUN STORE HAS ALREADY CLOSED DOWN, IT HAS BEEN REPLACED
BY ANOTHER, BUT THAT IS A VERY LARGE VERDICT AGAINST THEM.
ONE
OF THE FEW AREAS OF LIABILITY THAT YOU CAN GET THEM ON, WHEN
THEY KNOWINGLY SOLD IT TO SOMEONE WHO THEY HAD CAUSE TO
BELIEVE WOULD END UP GIVING IT TO SOMEONE WHO MIGHT COMMIT A CRIME.
YOU SAID THE GUN STORE CLOSED DOWN, THAT IS TECHNICALLY TRUE,
BUT UNDERSTAND THE SHELL GAME BEING PLAYED.
IT IS THE SAME
OWNER AND THE SAME FAMILY THAT OWNS THE STORE, THEY CLOSED IT DOWN
AND SAID OKAY, NOW WE ARE OPENING A NEW STORE AT THE SAME
LOCATION SELLING THE SAME THINGS, BUT WITH A NEW NAME.
SO
THIS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER LAWSUITS MIGHT COME
LATER.
AND THESE GUYS DO IT ALL THE TIME.
HOW COULD THE NRA SUPPORT THAT?
THEY ARE LIKE GOLLY GEE, OUR GUNS WOUND UP BEING IN THE
CRIMINALS' HANDS?
AS THE CRIMINALS WALK IN THEY ARE LIKE,
DON'T CHECK OFF THE WRONG THING, CHECK OFF THE RIGHT THING.
THE
NRA DEFENDS THIS LAW WHICH MAKES IT HARD TO WIN THE CASE, THEY WON
THE CASE ANYWAY, THE COPS DID, BECAUSE THEY ARE COPS.
WHEN YOU
SHOOT A NORMAL CITIZEN, YOU HAVE A MUCH HARDER CHANCE OF
WINNING THE CASE.
SANDY HOOK PARENTS ARE SUING, AURORA,
COLORADO VICTIMS SUED AND LOST, THEY SAY WHY DID YOU SELL THE
WEAPONS TO THIS CRAZY GUY?
THEY ARE LIKELY HAVE IMMUNITY BECAUSE
OF THIS LAW PASSED BY BUSH AND THE REPUBLICANS.
IN THIS CASE
THERE IS ONE PROVISION IN THE LAW THAT SAYS IF YOU THINK YOU
ARE HELPING MAKE AN ILLEGAL GUN PURCHASE, ONE THAT YOU KNOW IS
ILLEGAL --
AND THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF IT HERE.
AND IN THIS CASE THE GUY TOLD THEM DON'T CHECK OFF THAT BOX,
CHECK THE OTHER BOX, THEN YOU GO TO THE JURY AND YOU HAVE
TWO COPS SHOT IN THE FACE.
THAT IS DIFFICULT TO LOSE.
THEY EVEN GAVE PUNITIVE DAMAGES, TO MAKE SURE NO OTHER
GUN DEALER DOES IS ANYMORE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE NRA FIGHTS
AGAINST ALL THIS.
NRA, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, ARE YOU GOING
TO FIGHT AGAINST THOSE COPS WHO GOT SHOT IN THE FACE?
AND YOUR
IDEA IS, OH NO, THE WAY TO BEAT A BAD GUY WITH THE GUN IS WITH A
GOOD GUY WITH A GUN.
BOTH OF THOSE COPS HAD GUNS, IT DID NOT
STOP A GUY FROM SHOOTING THEM IN THE FACE.
IT IS HARD TO RECOVER
AFTER YOU HAD YOUR FACE BLOWN OFF AND YOUR EYE SOCKET IS
MISSING.
THIS WHOLE IDEA, GOOD GUY WITH A GUN, NO, YOU KNOW
WHAT MIGHT FIX IT?
IF YOU SHUT DOWN STORES THAT KNOW THEY ARE
SELLING TO CRIMINALS AND DO IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
AND YOU MAKE THEM PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR IT WHETHER THEY SHOOT
A COP OR JUST AN AVERAGE CITIZEN.
AND THE FACT THAT THIS CAN GO ON MAKES THE FEW GUN REGULATIONS
WE HAVE, IT MAKES THEM OUT FOR THE SHAM THAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE.
WHEN YOU CAN DO THIS SORT OF THING, YOU GO TO THE STORE THAT
WILL SELL YOU THE GUN EVEN IF YOU ARE A FOAMING AT THE MOUTH
LUNATIC, THEN WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER IF CHICAGO HAS HARSH
GUN LAWS?
YOU COULD JUST GO TO A PLACE WHERE THEY DESPERATELY
WANT TO ARM YOU, THEN YOU BRING IT TO CHICAGO.
JULIUS DENTON IS
SERVING 80 YEARS, THE SENTENCE FOR THIS, AND WE OFTEN WILL SAY
-- WE TALK ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY AND HOW THEY TREAT
PEOPLE, AND WHEN WE SAY THAT, IT IS THAT THEY SHOOT OR KILL OR
BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT ARMED, WERE NOT CAUSING
ANY SORT OF PROBLEM, DID NOT DESERVE IT.
IN THIS CASE, THEY
CAN BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM IF THEY WANT.
I THINK THAT IT'S
ONLY FAIR.
AND THIS IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE POLICE
DO FACE A LOT OF DANGER IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IN ALL SITUATIONS.
BY THE WAY, WHEN THEY DO FACE THAT DANGER, WHO WANTS TO
PROTECT THEM?
WE DO.
NOT THE NRA.
NOT CONSERVATIVES.
THE NRA LOVES TO SAY THAT THEY ARE ALL-AMERICAN AND CARE ABOUT
YOUR FREEDOM -- NOT WHEN IT COMES TO SHOOTING COPS IN THE
FACE.
THEY'RE FINE WITH THAT, AND NOT WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE
ON THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST GETTING GUNS, THEY FIGHT AGAINST
THEM GETTING STOPPED FROM BUYING GUNS.
THEY TALK ALL THEY WANT
ABOUT HOW GUNS ARE GREAT, BUT THEN SOMETIMES ON THE PERIPHERY,
WHEN TERRORISM OR COPS' LIVES ARE BROUGHT UP, IT IS SHOWN THAT
THEY DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT AMERICA, JUST SELLING YOU A GUN.