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No I don't, unless they specifically marketed their products to those perpetrators. A drive in bar would encourage drunk driving, selling beer to the general population puts the decision of driving drunk in the hands of the consumer.

I'm not American, we have completely different gun laws and gun culture here, so it's difficult for me to relate. We had one school killing a few years ago where the attacker used a sword, I don't think the sword manufacturer was ever blamed for that in any way.




I completely agree. I just posted that comment because it seems like there's this weird idea that certain companies get passes on responsibility vs others. Wanted to see what people thought about these use cases and different categories.




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