Evidently planes are less regulated than guns!
An Arizona entrepreneur, his wife and daughter were killed when their home-built airplane crashed in a San Diego nature preserve as they returned home from a family vacation.
Medical examiners said on Sunday that the owner of the plane was 65-year-old William A. Stern, who was piloting the four-seat Lancair IV-P aircraft when it crashed just north of Santee, California.
Of course I don’t know about the regulations, but the anti-gun people claim that Teddy Bears are more regulated than guns….but then again I know people who made teddy bears and other cuddly toys just because they were bored and had the supplies.
h/t Bob
Until the .gov is able to make every gun manufacturer (and with 3D printing developing, this could be anyone) liable for the item in civil court, guns aren’t anywhere near as regulated as aircraft. The Lancair mentioned in the story is a kit, so the initial assembler is the “manufacturer”. As analogy, if you buy an AR stripped lower and build a custom gun from parts with it, by the FAA standard you become the “manufacturer” and civilly liable for the product throughout its existence (this is why kit airplanes are rarely sold on even though they cost so much less than comparable “otc” planes).
I’m not sure which circle gun rights occupies on Dante’s scale, but we are nowhere near the Ninth yet (nor are kit airplane owners).
Hey Weerd, just saw this.
“Gun Death” Pastrami Sandwich
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_22569108/torrance-jury-selects-lesser-offense-manslaughter-defendant-doughnut
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