Latest Gun Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana High Court Says Wounded Officer Can’t Sue Gun Seller
Apr 26 2017 // The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that a wounded police officer can’t sue a sporting goods store that sold a handgun that was later used to shoot him. The Indianapolis Star reported the court has dismissed Indianapolis...
New Jersey Transit Train Stuck in Tunnel Three Hours, Stun Gun Sparks Stampede
Apr 17 2017 // A train with about 1,200 passengers became stuck in a tunnel between New York and New Jersey for nearly three hours on Friday, and the chaotic scene escalated to pandemonium when Amtrak police used a stun gun to subdue a...
Florida Court to Hear Lawsuit Against Employer, Wife of Nightclub Shooter
Mar 29 2017 // A lawsuit brought by victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre against the gunman’s employer and wife was withdrawn from federal court and filed in state court in South Florida on Monday. Attorneys for 61 Pulse...
New Arkansas Law Expands Where Concealed Guns Allowed
Mar 23 2017 // Arkansas’ governor has signed a sweeping gun rights measure into law that will allow concealed handguns at state colleges, some bars, government buildings and even the state Capitol. The measure approved by...
Federal Appeals Court Rules Florida Doctors Can Ask Patients About Guns
Feb 23 2017 // A federal appeals court has ruled that Florida doctors can talk to patients about gun safety, declaring a law aimed at restricting such discussions a violation of the First Amendment’s right to free speech. The 11th...
Georgia House Reps Advance Bill Allowing Guns on Campus
Feb 21 2017 // Licensed gun owners could carry concealed handguns on public college campuses under legislation advancing in the Georgia House. A panel approved the bill on Thursday after about an hour of testimony, sending it to the...
Customer in Florida Salon Injured by Gunshot from Next-Door Gun Store
Feb 13 2017 // A customer at a nail salon in Florida was accidentally shot after an employee of a gun store next-door inadvertently discharged a gun. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that 19-year-old...
More Than 50 Guns Stolen from North Carolina Gun Show
Feb 2 2017 // Police in Greensboro, N.C., say more than 50 guns were stolen from a gun show over the weekend. Police said in a release Monday security guards reported the theft Sunday before the Greensboro Gun and Knife Show...
Gun-Toting New Hampshire Lawmakers Not Required to Take Safety Classes
Jan 31 2017 // A proposal to require firearm safety training for New Hampshire lawmakers wishing to carry guns on the House floor has been defeated. Democratic Minority Leader Steve Shurtleff proposed the rule Thursday after a...
Judge Upholds Ban on Guns in Delaware State Parks, Forests
Dec 28 2016 // A Delaware judge has sided with state environmental officials in a lawsuit challenging a ban on non-hunting firearms in state parks and forests. Members of the Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club and the Delaware State...
Texas Judge Upholds Ban on Guns in Waller County Courthouse
Dec 2 2016 // A judge’s ruling that upholds Waller County’s ban on guns in its courthouse keeps the southeast Texas county at odds with the state attorney general. State District Judge Albert McCaig Jr. ruled this week in a...
Missouri Dealer to Settle Gun-Shop Liability Case
Nov 23 2016 // A pawn shop that sold a gun to a mentally ill Missouri woman who used it to fatally shoot her father will settle in a wrongful death case, according to the attorney for the woman’s mother. Washington, D.C.-based...
Family Awarded $3M in 2011 Ferguson Stun Gun Death Case
Nov 7 2016 // A federal jury has awarded $3 million to the family of a naked, unarmed black man who died in 2011 after police in Ferguson used a stun gun on him. Jason Moore’s mother, wife and son alleged in the lawsuit that the...
Citing Shield Law, Judge Dismisses Sandy Hook Families’ Suit Against Gun Manufacturer
Oct 17 2016 // A Connecticut judge threw out a lawsuit by families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, a major victory for the gun industry and in particular Remington Arms Co., maker of the assault weapon used in the...
Missouri Lawmakers Override Veto, Loosen Gun Laws
Sep 16 2016 // Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature has used its supermajority to significantly loosen the state’s gun laws and potentially tighten its voting requirements as lawmakers overrode numerous vetoes of Democratic...
Suspects in Multiple Break-Ins, Theft of 26 Guns, Arrested in North Carolina
Sep 12 2016 // Deputies in Pamlico County, N.C., say three men have been arrested in connection with multiple break-ins and the theft of more than two dozen guns. Pamlico County Sheriff Chris Davis told local media outlets on Friday that...
Family of Arizona Instructor Killed by Girl with Uzi Sues Gun Range
Sep 6 2016 // The family of an Arizona shooting range instructor accidentally killed by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi has sued the business, alleging it should not have allowed a child to use the high-powered weapon. The wrongful-death...
Indiana Court Considering Wounded Officer’s Suit against Gun Seller
Sep 2 2016 // The Indiana Supreme Court is considering whether a police officer’s lawsuit against the sporting goods store that sold a handgun later used to wound him can go forward despite a state law giving gun sellers...
Family of Arizona Instructor Killed by Girl with Uzi Sues Gun Range
Aug 29 2016 // The family of an Arizona shooting range instructor who was accidentally killed by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi has sued the business, alleging it should not have allowed a child to use the high-powered weapon. The...
Sex Toys in Hand, Univ. of Texas Students Rally Against Campus Carry Gun Law
Aug 26 2016 // Hundreds of University of Texas students waved sex toys at a campus rally during the first day of classes, protesting a new state law that allows concealed handguns in college classrooms, buildings and dorms. Organizers...
