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- NRA hails dismissal "with prejudice" as first
of many proving lack of merit of suits brought by greedy lawyers and scapegoating
Mayors.
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- (WASHINGTON, DC) - Municipal lawsuits that
attempt to hold lawful, legitimate manufacturers liable for criminal misuse
of their products have no legal merit. That is the message of today's decision
by an Ohio state judge in dismissing with prejudice the suit filed by Cincinnati
-- the first such lawsuit to reach court disposition.
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- UPS To Stop Some Handgun Deliveries http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991007/ts/ups_guns_2.html
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- ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Reuters)
- United Parcel Service, the world's largest package delivery company,
has decided to stop delivering handguns through its ground service, leaving
gun manufacturers to scramble for other ways to move merchandise, a Pennsylvania
newspaper reported Thursday. The Allentown Morning Call quoted a spokesman
for the Atlanta-based company as saying the delivery policy would change
Monday to prevent handgun thefts by employees or outsiders. Handgun shipments
have been stolen in the past. Company officials were not immediately available
to comment on the report.
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- The newspaper said UPS handles as many as 75 percent
of the guns sent from manufacturers to distributors and nearly 99 percent
of firearms shipments from distributors to dealers. UPS will continue to
accept handguns for delivery by more expensive overnight air routes, to
reduce the time the weapons are in the company's possession, the newspaper
said. Ground transportation can take as long as six days. Rifles and shotguns,
which are harder to conceal, also will continue to be shipped by UPS' brown
delivery vans. Gun maker representatives said overnight delivery would
increase the costs of shipping weapons four-fold, leaving manufacturers
with the choice of finding a more cost-effective alternative or passing
higher prices on to customers. The U.S. Postal Service is legally barred
from shipping handguns. UPS officials had been discussing the policy revision
since the spring, the Morning Call said. A letter dated last Friday and
signed by Senior Vice President John Beystehner was mailed to UPS customers
who ship handguns.
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