Best Read Gun Liability Headlines
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#1 Viewpoint: Should Insurance Drive Increased Firearm Safety?
May 17 2023 // It seems almost weekly there is a story or two in the national headlines addressing gun violence in the U.S., and a recent Insurance Journal story indicated respondents of a survey thought insurance could have a role in...
#2 Families of Gun Violence Victims Dig In for New Test of Gun Industry Protections
May 22 2023 // After Mayah Zamora was shot and wounded at Robb Elementary School, her family did what many mass shooting survivors do: They sued. They sued the store off Main Street in Uvalde, Texas, that sold the teenage gunman his...
#3 Illinois to Soon Outlaw Advertising for Firearms Allegedly Marketed to Kids and Militants
Aug 8 2023 // PRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois will soon outlaw advertising for firearms that officials determine produces a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use the weapons illegally,...
#4 In 2021 US Firearm Fatalities Reached Record Highs for Second Straight Year: Report
Jun 23 2023 // Newswise — A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzing 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data reveals another record year for firearm fatalities. The 48,830 lives lost to...
#5 Tennessee Governor Unveils Agenda for Special Session on Gun Safety
Aug 10 2023 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping list of public safety issues he wants lawmakers to address during an upcoming special session prompted by a shocking Nashville school shooting earlier this year that...
#6 Gun Advocates Quick to Sue Over Connecticut’s New Gun Safety Law
Jun 8 2023 // Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, sparking an immediate lawsuit by gun rights...
#7 Atlanta Police Chief Fires Officer Who Used Stun Gun on Man, Causing Death
Oct 12 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta`s police chief on Tuesday fired an officer who shocked a 62-year-old Black church deacon with a stun gun during a dispute over a traffic ticket, leading to the man`s death. Police Chief Darin...
#8 Supreme Court to Hear Free Speech Complaint by NRA Against New York Regulator
Nov 6 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court last Friday agreed to hear an appeal by the National Rifle Association of a case in which it accuses a New York insurance regulator of violating its free speech rights when she urged insurance...
#9 New North Carolina Laws on Rioting, Power Station Attacks, Guns Take Effect
Dec 4 2023 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — New or tougher criminal penalties against rioting, vandalizing power stations and harassing law enforcement officers and emergency workers are among North Carolina laws approved this year that...
#10 Buffalo Shooting Lawsuits Claim Social Media, Gun Firms, Parents Enabled Killer
Aug 18 2023 // YouTube, Reddit and a body armor manufacturer were among the businesses that helped enable the gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, according to a pair of lawsuits...
#11 New York Civil Trial Against NRA Leader LaPierre Over ‘Lavish Spending’ Opens
Jan 10 2024 // The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a...
#12 Maryland Revises Gun Laws in Response to Supreme Court’s Bruen Ruling
May 18 2023 // Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed gun-control measures into law on Tuesday, after lawmakers passed measures this year in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The high court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and...
#13 New Jersey Brings Civil Suits Against 3 Gun Dealers Over Visibility, Security, Ghost Guns
Dec 14 2023 // New Jersey`s attorney general sued three firearms dealers Tuesday, alleging one illegally stored firearms that were visible from outside a store and that the two others tried to sell “ghost guns.” The suits...
#14 NRA Sues Maryland Over ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’ Gun Laws
May 19 2023 // The National Rifle Association’s lobbying arm sued to block Maryland from enforcing new gun-control measures that enhance requirements for obtaining concealed-carry permits and restrict firearms in sensitive areas...
#15 NRA to Have Surprising Defender in Supreme Court Free Speech Case: the ACLU
Dec 11 2023 // In a case of politics making strange bedfellows, the National Rifle Association will be represented by frequent nemesis the American Civil Liberties Union in an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court. The New York-based...
#16 California Can Share Gun Owners’ Personal Information With Researchers, Court Rules
Nov 28 2023 // A state appeals court ruled that California can continue providing personal information of gun owners to researchers to study gun violence, reversing last year`s decision by a lower court judge who said such data sharing...
#17 Jury Finds Former NRA Chief LaPierre Misspent Gun Group’s Funds, Owes $4.4M
Feb 26 2024 // The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and...
#18 Supreme Court Seems to Favor NRA in Free Speech Case Against Insurance Regulator
Mar 20 2024 // Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group...
#19 Virginia House Explosion Follows Flare Gun, Firearm Shots
Dec 5 2023 // An explosion tore through a house in Arlington, Virginia Monday evening after police spent hours attempting to get the occupant who was shooting a flare gun to stop shooting and come outside. At approximately 4:45 p.m.,...
#20 Court Nixes Suit Over New Jersey Gun Liability Law, Says Challengers ‘Jumped the Gun’
Aug 21 2023 // A federal appellate court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a New Jersey law that allows the state attorney general to bring “public nuisance” claims against gun manufacturers and others who market...
