We have recognized over the last 2,000 years that certain things are simply inherently dangerous. A farmer who had a bull in England, and that bull broke out and hurt people, early on in our British Heritage we said the liability should not be a fault determination, rather it should be strict liability. We try to attach all kinds of analysis to those using guns, or raising cattle, but in the end society has always assigned strict liability taking away this entire discussion which borderlines on pure insanity.
We are a free society which has certain constitutional protections on firearm ownership. We are a free society which has certain constitutional protections on bull ownership. It is time to apply the right standard to gun use, and quit talking about negligence. Those who own and sell bulls must be found strictly liable for the inherently dangerous thing they introduce into the stream of commerce.