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$7.8M Court Order Blocks Ghost Gun Retailer From Selling Certain Parts in New York

A federal judge on Wednesday permanently banned a Florida gun retailer from selling or delivering certain gun parts in New York that officials say can be used to assemble untraceable ghost guns and sold without background checks. The court order …

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Buffalo Massacre Targets Social Media

A wrongful death suit has been filed on behalf of victims’ relatives, survivors and others affected by the 2022 racially-motivated shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo where 10 people were killed, all of them Black, and three people were …

Connecticut Gunmaker Faces Another Suit by Relatives of Colorado Shooting Victims

More relatives of people shot to death at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 are suing gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre, adding to litigation first filed earlier this month against the …

Connecticut Gunmaker Sued by Son of Colorado Supermarket Shooting Victim

The son of one of 10 people killed at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is suing gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre – following the litigation road map set by families …

Judge Says Remington’s Gun Injury Settlement for Child Lacks Sufficient Information

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has declined to approve a settlement between gunmaker Remington Arms and a parent of a child injured when his grandfather’s gun allegedly misfired without the trigger being pulled. U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane found that …

Gunmaker Sig Sauer Loses Bid to Block New Hampshire Liability Suit Over Pistol Misfire

A federal court in New Hampshire has denied gunmaker Sig Sauer’s bid to block a product liability lawsuit brought by a man who alleges he was struck by a bullet in the leg because his pistol fired without a trigger …

New York AG, City Sue ‘Ghost Gun’ Distributors for Allegedly Fueling Gun Violence

New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against multiple gun distributors for allegedly fueling a gun violence crisis and endangering New Yorkers. James alleges that 10 gun distributors sold tens of thousands of illegal, unfinished frames and …

Gunmaker Sig Sauer Sued by Veteran Claiming Pistol Goes Off by Itself

A pistol made by Sig Sauer and sold to law enforcement and civilians alike is prone to going off without the trigger being pulled, a defect that has led to dozens of injuries over the past several years, a U.S. …

New York Faces Skeptics As It Tries to Get Gunmakers to Adopt Microstamping

New York is the second state to enact a law intended to force firearms manufacturers to adopt microstamping, a technology in which guns imprint tiny codes on ammunition cartridges as they are fired– creating a unique signature police could use …

Baltimore Sues ‘Ghost Gun’ Kits Maker as State Ban Begins

The city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit against one of the largest manufacturers of “ghost gun” kits in the United States on Wednesday, the same day Maryland’s ban on the untraceable weapons went into effect, news outlets reported. Mayor Brandon …