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Product Liability

May 20, 1999

Tort Theorists Talk 'Guns and Bombs'

SAN FRANCISCO - The horrific scenario is familiar: A child obtains a handgun and blasts away. But how should the law deal with the gun owner who negligently entrusts the weapon to the child?

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - The horrific scenario is familiar: A child obtains a handgun and blasts away. But how should the law deal with the gun owner who negligently entrusts the weapon to the child?
        The question remained unanswered Tuesday as the prestigious A...

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