Latest Gun Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Dismisses Mexico Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturers
Oct 3 2022 // A U.S. federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers arguing their commercial practices has led to bloodshed in Mexico. Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston ruled...
Gun Manufacturer Sued Over Link to July 4 Illinois Parade Shooting
Sep 30 2022 // Survivors of the mass shooting at a suburban Chicago Independence Day parade and family members of those killed filed 11 lawsuits Wednesday against the manufacturer of the rifle used in the attack, accusing gun-maker Smith...
Gun Violence Costs the U.S. $557 Billion a Year
Sep 28 2022 // Gun violence that causes tens of thousands of US deaths each year — far more than any other developed nation — is having a significant, negative impact on the country’s economy, Harvard Medical School researchers...
Appeals Court Rejects NRA Free Speech Claims Against New York Insurance Regulator
Sep 23 2022 // A federal appeals court has denied the National Rifle Association’s First Amendment claims against a former New York insurance regulator who urged insurance companies to consider the risks of doing business with the...
Connecticut Police Investigate Death of Man Days After Stun Gun Shot by Trooper
Sep 7 2022 // Connecticut state police are investigating a man’s death four days after a state trooper shot him with a stun gun, authorities said Friday. Ryan Marzi, 38, of Hebron, died unexpectedly in his sleep on Aug. 28,...
New York Sets ‘Gun Free Zones’ to Restrict Guns; Regulates Concealed Carry Permits
Sep 2 2022 // Amid the bright lights and electronic billboards across New York’s Times Square, city authorities are posting new signs proclaiming the bustling crossroads a “Gun Free Zone.” The sprawling Manhattan...
Safe TN App, Inspections Helps Schools Stay Safer from Guns, Governor Says
Sep 1 2022 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday that an executive order on school safety from June has so far produced a new mobile app, school behavioral health professionals in each county and updated law enforcement training and...
Alabama Deputy Shoots Man Who Pointed Modified Flare Gun After Traffic Stop
Aug 11 2022 // An Alabama deputy shot and killed a man who pointed a modified flare gun at him after fleeing a traffic stop, law enforcement officials said. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s office said Marty Hutto, 50, was shot and...
Assaults with Paintball Guns Cause More Serious Eye Injuries Than Previously Known, Study Finds
Aug 1 2022 // University of Chicago Medicine researchers reviewing two years of data on assaults with paintball guns found more patients than expected suffered vision-threatening emergencies after being struck in the eye, with several...
Gun Rights Groups Seek Injunction Against Delaware Gun Control Legislation
Jul 25 2022 // Delaware gun rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction against recently passed gun control legislation. The Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court on...
California Governor Signs Gun Law Enabling Citizens to Sue for Violations
Jul 22 2022 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a controversial gun control bill that was modeled after Texas’ vigilante abortion law, which enables private citizens to file lawsuits against anyone who imports,...
Judge Says Remington’s Gun Injury Settlement for Child Lacks Sufficient Information
Jul 22 2022 // 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...
Cyber Experts Say California Lacked Safeguards for Gun Owner Data
Jul 18 2022 // Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website, exposing the personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of gun owners. The...
Lawsuit Challenges New York’s Revised Gun Safety Law
Jul 14 2022 // A federal lawsuit challenging part of New York’s new gun law was filed by Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino, one of multiple legal challenges expected against state handgun licensing rules approved...
Michigan Shop That Sold Gun in School Shooting Named in Suit
Jul 11 2022 // The parents of a teenager wounded during a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan are suing the shop that sold the handgun used to kill four students and injure six other people. The complaint filed last week in...
Cyber Experts Say California Lacked Safeguards for Gun Owner Data
Jul 5 2022 // Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website, exposing the personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of gun owners. The...
New York Overhaul of Gun Rules Expected to Draw Legal Challenges
Jul 5 2022 // New York lawmakers approved a sweeping overhaul Friday of the state’s handgun licensing rules, seeking to preserve some limits on firearms after the Supreme Court ruled that most people have a right to carry a...
New York Moves to Bolster Concealed-Carry Gun Laws
Jun 30 2022 // New York’s getting ready to go around a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision by making schools and subways no-gun zones and by making it more difficult to obtain a permit to carry a firearm. Across the country,...
New York AG, City Sue ‘Ghost Gun’ Distributors for Allegedly Fueling Gun Violence
Jun 29 2022 // 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...
California Assembly Endorses Plan to Allow Citizens to Sue Those Who Provide Dangerous Firearms
Jun 27 2022 // A first-in-the-nation law that enables private citizens to sue manufacturers of “dangerous” firearms passed on Monday in the Assembly. The bill, backed by Gov. Newsom, returns to the Senate for consideration...
