1A. “Without naming SawStop, an April, 2002 Bosch memo warned of the threat from “competitive technology.”

1B. SawStop is technology that could be highly competitive with Bosch and other powertool manufacturers.

1C. Proposal Claim

1D. The claim is that there is a threat of technology (SawStop) that would be highly competitive with the industry and something needed to be done to protect the manufacturers.

2A. “I absolutely know it saved a kid’s thumb. He would have lost his thumb.” – Chris Higginbotham

2B. The SawStop saved a student from losing a thumb, so it is worth it.

2C. Categorical Claim

2D. The claim refers to the safety and effectiveness of the SawStop and how it was worth the investment.

3A. David Peot, Ryobi’s former director of advanced technologies: “There certainly was a feeling that if a single company invents or improves a product that could have an effect on product liability, then other manufacturers could be at a disadvantage if they don’t have that on their product.”

3C. Consequential Claim

3D. If the SawStop was put into circulation, the other tablesaw manufacturers would be out of business in that department.

4A. “The table saw industry is using many of the same arguments that auto manufacturers used to delay airbag requirements for 20 years. In that time, an estimated 162,000 people died unnecessarily. In the eight years that the Power Tool Industry (PTI) has been opposing automatic safety technology for table saws, an estimated 320,000 serious table saw injuries have occurred, including 32,000 amputations.”

4B. The only reason that tablesaw manufacturers are making these arguments is because they are afraid that they are going to lose a lot of money due to a better product.

4C. Resemblance Claim

$D. The tablesaw manufacturers are being compared to the automotive manufacturers for hesitating to upgrade to a better quality and safer product.

5A. “I have the right to cut my own finger off on my tablesaw” – Pete Parillo (Woodworker, missing finger)

5B. I have the right to cut my own finger off on my tablesaw, in regards to the proposition of having SawStop mandated by the state.

5C. Definition Claim

5D. The claim, isn’t very persuasive, but should be given credit because it is coming from a a seasoned woodworker who took responsibility for his own mistake of cutting off his finger.

6A.  “Table saws cause more injuries than any other woodworking tool.”

6C. Resemblance Claim

6D. The comparison between the tablesaw and other dangerous woodworking tools and how the tablesaw is the most dangerous.

7A. “is about legislating market share and attempting to create a monopoly” – Assemblyman/Bill author, Das Williams

7B. The SawStop is focusing more on taking over the saw market than the saftey of workers.

7C. Evaluation Claim

7D. The claim makes sense because the SawStop has so many individual patents that the competition will have no way of replicating it, but the whole purpose of the product is to keep workers safe.

8A. “(SawStop) is uneconomical (for manufacturers) to make one product for the Golden State customers and a different one for the rest of the country.”- Los Angeles Times

8B. If implemented, the SawStop would dominate the market and cause problems for other saw manufacturers.

8C. Consequential Claim.

8D. The claim is stating that the economy for tablesaws  will be crippled if the SawStop is mandated in California because of the large amount of manufacturers located in California.