Liability is generally tied to causation. Sometimes liability is divided or tied to the last party who could have prevented an occurrence.
Manufacturers of new guns are held liable under products liability for manufacturing defects. If damascus barrels were to become commercially produced again today it might become a question as to whether the product was the cause of an occurrence or was the user for firing modern ammo despite the published warning on the shell box out of which he pulled the shell...Geo
