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To: Edwarda who wrote (50634)	8/11/1999 12:48:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

However, do not the ethnic Albanians who oppressed and slaughtered Serbs in the past also bear some responsibility Certainly. I wasn't limiting responsibility, only pointing out that it goes beyond the individual initially involved. However, does the gun manufacturer bear the responsibility for making a product that is being misused? Depends on circumstances. IF the manufacturer is deliberately bypassing gun controls and selling into the gray market knowing they are getting guns into the hands of those who are not supposed to have them, IMO yes. If they have the ability to make guns safer without interfering with their functionality, and choose not to do so, maybe. Just as a car maker today who made a car with brakes on only one wheel would bear some responsibility when it crashed. In law, the basic principle of responsibility is foreseeability. If you can reasonably foresee that a direct result of your actions will be injury or death, you may bear some responsibility. It appears that we are agreed that responsibility CAN move back up the chain of events. Now the hard question arises; how far back, and on what principles?