California Assembly Endorses Plan to Allow Citizens to Sue Those Who Provide Dangerous Firearms June 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...
California City Votes to Require Gun Liability Insurance January 26, 2022 The city council in San Jose, California, voted on Tuesday to become the nation’s first city to require gun owners...
Road Rage Lawsuit Has Implications for Police Shootings: Opinion November 25, 2020 By Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg Opinion Can you be fired from a government job for using a firearm in self-defense? That question arose in a recent...
Walmart CEO Calls for Congress to Debate Assault Weapons Ban August 16, 2019 By Matt Townsend In the wake of a mass shooting at a Walmart Inc. store, Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon called for an...
Judges Issues Temporary Halt to Distributing Plans to Make 3-D Guns August 1, 2018 By Kartikay Mehrotra A judge issued a temporary restraining order against the distribution of materials to make guns using 3-D printers. A group...
Gun Control Advocates Take Aim at 3-D Printed Guns Deal by Trump Administration July 27, 2018 By Erik Larson A Texas nonprofit firm’s plan to publish technical designs for firearms online so anyone with a 3-D printer can use...
Gun Industry Immunity Again Tested with Las Vegas Shooting Lawsuit October 12, 2017 By Polly Mosendz Last week’s massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival offers gun control advocates a fresh chance to test a...
West Virginia House Approves Bill Waiving Permits for Concealed Guns February 10, 2016 By Jonathan Mattise After the bill was vetoed last year, a proposal to allow carrying a concealed gun without a permit in West...
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects NRA Challenge to San Francisco Gun Law June 9, 2015 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a National Rifle Association challenge to a San Francisco law that requires people who...
Insurers Cooperated in Writing of Florida Rule on Gun Ownership April 27, 2014 By Michael Adams Florida lawmakers have approved legislation that supporters say will uphold a policyholder’s constitutional right to bear arms by preventing insurers...