I'm not mixing up any issues. I'm relating this specifically to the situation at hand.
None of us have enough pertinent facts in this one to know one way or the other. That's what people keep trying to get by asking questions, and the answers given are raising more and more serious questions as they go.
Juries in civil cases quite often go by the way side on appeal or a retrial, especially when a mere 10% liability would have resulted in no award at all.
The point is that folks want to know what happened to try to determine whether the OP was truly at fault or whether there is a very dangerous firearm out there in circulation so that they can act accordingly. It wasn't too long ago that the Mossberg 4x4 was under the same sort of scrutiny and a lot of questions and facts that came to light on internet forums like this one led to that very bad, very dangerous design being completely overhauled (if not completely withdrawn).
Originally Posted by Mannlicher
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
