Voting? Assoc. Justice Calif. Supreme Court nominee Ming W. Chin helped gun owners

[dchang0]

From the book "Guns in American Society: A-L" by Gregg Lee Carter:

page 392:

"... ruling by the California Supreme Court on August 6, 2001, that a gun manufacturer could not be held responsible for the deaths that resulted when its product was used in a lethal rampage (Merrill v. Navegar, Inc., 26 Cal. 4th 465; 2001). The 5-1 ruling relied heavily on a 1983 California special-interest statute that granted immunity to weapons manufacturers on the ground that the benefits of their products outweighed the dangers they posed (California Civil Code Section 1714.4).

In her majority opinion, Justice Ming W. Chin took pains to point out that the court was very sympathetic to the suffering of the gun victims, but for it to rule against the manufacturer would open the door to the filing of lawsuits by every person harmed by gunfire."


I know this doesn't mean that she's pro-gun, but at least she wasn't the lone dissenter, Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar.

Just something to consider when you're looking at your ballot.

[bwiese]

While intrinsically good, these concerns have been totally overridden by PLCAA's adoption under Fed law, which protects gun mfgrs from bogus lawsuits.

[dchang0]

Yeah, I'm just trying to help people decide how to vote about Ming W. Chin based on past actions/positions in favor of or against gun rights.

We gotta hold our elected officials accountable, and it seems pretty hard to find a lot of actual info on how the lesser-office candidates actually behaved in the past.

[SanPedroShooter]

Thank you for the info. I am having trouble with the more "obscure" sections of my ballot.

[Pixs]

Thank you for the info. I am having trouble with the more "obscure" sections of my ballot.

+1

Thanks for the help.

[mamamo49]

Ming W Chin

notation on how "she" voted is incorrect, i believe. HE is a decorated vietnam vet and totally worthy of a "yes" for associate justice of calif. supreme court as well..tani cantil-sakauye for chief justice, but cannot say same for carlos r moreno..MamaMO's opinion, of course...

[BrokerB]

tought to figure this judge crap out...thanks for the info

[OleCuss]

I was going to vote "no" on all three, but the odds are too high that Jerry Brown will be our next governor.

Assuming that JB gets elected, any replacements for Chin or Sakauye are likely to be worse than keeping them.

So tomorrow I'll likely vote "no" on Moreno but "yes" on the other two.

[oakiepokie]

All of us who are able to vote must do so, it's our duty if we want to keep our rights. Please vote, but vote smart, too bad the NRA drops the ball when it comes to judges and locally elected officials, here's where it affects us the most. Anyways, here's a website that kind of helps on Judges in your ballot this Nov 2, it's the only one I could find that makes it easy to sort these candidates:

http://www.westsiderepublicans.com/GOP-RECOMMEND------JUDGES.html