Hotel sues Las Vegas mass shooting victims
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Re: Hotel sues Las Vegas mass shooting victims
This was my understanding as well.Cam Nivag wrote:
The lawsuit does not seek money from these claimants. It seeks a declaration from a federal judge that an obscure federal anti-terrorism law bars these claims because MGM or its event contractor followed some designated anti-terrorism protocols. I don't know much about this federal law or how terrorism is defined, but I see this as a mass murder, not an act of terrorism for political purposes designed to instill fear in the public at large.
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I thought for it to be classed as terrorism it needed to be politically motivated or something like that. If they still have no motive about this shooting then how can they claim it to be terrorism.
While the act itself would be classed as terrorism to normal people the definition in the eye of the law is a completely different matter.
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Re: Hotel sues Las Vegas mass shooting victims
It would be reasonable to expect that level of security in many countries, but it's difficult in the US/ Nevada.that genius wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:55 pm
I don't think it's beyond the bounds of reason to expect a hotel to maintain security and safety in its establishment.
Do you think someone bring in a semi-auto and hundreds of rounds of ammunition might fall into that category?
When there are so many legally owned firearms around it's very hard to spot someone who is about to do a massacre.
The hotel staff probably just thought he was a normal guy who had thousands of rounds of ammunition in his room.
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Re: Hotel sues Las Vegas mass shooting victims
Correct, I mean you cannot just go and stop family outings because of a few guns. Second amendment and all that.John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:26 pmIt would be reasonable to expect that level of security in many countries, but it's difficult in the US/ Nevada.that genius wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:55 pm
I don't think it's beyond the bounds of reason to expect a hotel to maintain security and safety in its establishment.
Do you think someone bring in a semi-auto and hundreds of rounds of ammunition might fall into that category?
When there are so many legally owned firearms around it's very hard to spot someone who is about to do a massacre.
The hotel staff probably just thought he was a normal guy who had thousands of rounds of ammunition in his room.
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It's not uncommon for people to absentmindedly leave guns in Las Vegas hotels rooms when checking out of the room.John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:26 pmIt would be reasonable to expect that level of security in many countries, but it's difficult in the US/ Nevada.that genius wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:55 pm
I don't think it's beyond the bounds of reason to expect a hotel to maintain security and safety in its establishment.
Do you think someone bring in a semi-auto and hundreds of rounds of ammunition might fall into that category?
When there are so many legally owned firearms around it's very hard to spot someone who is about to do a massacre.
The hotel staff probably just thought he was a normal guy who had thousands of rounds of ammunition in his room.
It's also not uncommon for them to leave frozen burritos in the in room safes - because they thought it was a microwave oven.
Re: Hotel sues Las Vegas mass shooting victims
Yes, a paying guest or visiting gambler should expect to be safe in the hotel, but the victims were not on hotel grounds. It seems the concert organizers would be more to blame in this case.that genius wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:55 pmI don't think it's beyond the bounds of reason to expect a hotel to maintain security and safety in its establishment.
Do you think someone bring in a semi-auto and hundreds of rounds of ammunition might fall into that category?
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Re: Hotel sues Las Vegas mass shooting victims
This legal action by MGM does seem to be a bit unprecedented.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/hom ... g-victims/
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07- ... ng-victims
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Re: Hotel sues Las Vegas mass shooting victims
What a load of crap you yanks go on with.
The only person responsible was the fuckwit who pulled the trigger.
The only person responsible was the fuckwit who pulled the trigger.
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Re: Hotel sues Las Vegas mass shooting victims
Who ever thought this is a good system?! Always amazes me how openly corrupt America is while somehow keeping a (relatively) clean image in the world.Cam Nivag wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:34 pm
I think MGM could assert the federal law as a defense in lawsuits filed in California and Nevada state courts, but they don't want to do that. At least in Clark County, Nevada, judges are elected. They don't like making high profile decisions that could be unpopular, then they might be voted out. They tend to be very wishy-washy and like to avoid making any tough decisions.
Also, state court judges in Nevada tend to be pro-plaintiff. Many of them are former plaintiff lawyers and solo practitioners who represented the poor, the downtrodden, the injured, the criminally accused, and those clients generally don't have a lot of money and unless you're really successful at representing them, it's hard to pay the bills. So they run for judge, because being a judge pays $100,000 a year plus benefits. They then ask for donations both from hotel-casinos and law firms to fund their campaigns. And Robert Eglet, who is representing the shooting victims and who is a wildly successful plaintiff's lawyer in Las Vegas, wisely donates a lot of money to judges.
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Fact: A single guy - not on business, lives in same state - carries more than 10 suitcases up to his suite and not even once when checking in but on a number of trips. That is not normal.cptrelentless wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:01 pmExcept it wasn't a suspicious amount of luggage. Or any different to the hundreds of other weirdos who frequent Vegas hotels.
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