Latest Gun Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Supreme Court Voids New York Gun Permit Law, Establishes Right to Carry Outside Home
Jun 23 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a New York law that required people to show a special need to carry a handgun in public, ruling for the first time that the Second Amendment protects gun rights outside the home. The 6-3...
Rhode Island Gov. McKee Signs 3 Gun Safety Bills Into Law
Jun 23 2022 // Rhode Island’s governor signed three firearms bills into law on Tuesday that included a ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds, calling it a response to a national crisis that has “taken too many lives...
Judge Allows New York’s Lawsuit Against NRA to Move Forward
Jun 13 2022 // The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against the National Rifle Association is no mere “witch hunt,” a New York judge ruled Friday in dismissing the gun rights advocacy group’s claims that the...
New York Raises Age to Buy Semiautomatic Rifles to 21, Requires Gun Microstamping
Jun 8 2022 // New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, making the state among the first to enact a major gun control initiative following a wave of...
‘Top Gun’ Heirs Sue Paramount Over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Jun 6 2022 // The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie “Top Gun” on Monday sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year’s blockbuster sequel “Top Gun:...
Uvalde Parents and Teacher Seek Documents From Gun Maker After School Shooting
Jun 6 2022 // Parents of a slain fourth grader and a teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, are laying the groundwork for lawsuits against the gun maker that sold a semi-automatic rifle used in the mass shooting. Emilia...
Baltimore Sues ‘Ghost Gun’ Kits Maker as State Ban Begins
Jun 3 2022 // 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...
Federal Judge Upholds New York Law Allowing Lawsuits Against Gun Industry
May 26 2022 // A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit by a group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers challenging the constitutionality of a New York law that allows the state and people affected by gun violence to...
California Moves Toward Allowing Lawsuits Over Illegal Guns
May 25 2022 // Spurred by Tuesday’s deadly elementary school shooting in Texas, California senators approved giving people the power to sue those who traffic in illegal firearms, mimicking a Texas law that is intended to deter...
Ski Mask and Assault-Rifle Water Gun Prank Leads to Killing of Mississippi Teen
May 24 2022 // A teen in Mississippi shot and killed another teen who approached his home with a toy gun that looked like an assault rifle while wearing a ski mask, authorities said. The teen killed was one of thee people who approached...
Insurer Jumped Gun with Appeal on CBD Plant Fire Claim, Appeals Court Finds
Apr 22 2022 // Insurance company officials and attorneys have been known to complain when policyholders file suit before the parties have had a chance to settle a claim. In West Virginia, it was the insurer, Kinsale Insurance Co., that...
California May Empower Citizens to Sue Over Illegal Firearms
Apr 6 2022 // For all California’s nation-leading attempts to regulate firearms, the state has not found a way to deter those happy to skirt the laws with stolen or homemade and increasingly prevalent “ghost” guns. In...
County in California Paying $3.8M in Stun Gun Death
Mar 17 2022 // The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay $3.8 million to the family of a man who died after a sheriff’s deputy shocked him with stun gun seven years ago. Relatives of Brian Pickett alleged in a...
Judge Rejects New York’s Bid to Dissolve NRA But Allows Lawsuit to Proceed
Mar 4 2022 // A judge has rejected an effort by New York’s attorney general to put the National Rifle Association out of business, but will allow her lawsuit accusing top executives of illegally diverting tens of millions of...
Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bill Protecting Gun Makers From Lawsuits
Feb 24 2022 // The Wisconsin Assembly passed a Republican-authored bill that would limit gun and ammunition manufacturers’ legal liability, a move that could protect them from big payouts following a mass shooting. Under the bill,...
Alabama House Could Vote Today to End Permit Requirement for Concealed Guns
Feb 22 2022 // The Alabama House of Representatives could vote as soon as today on legislation to do away with the requirement for a person to get a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public. House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said there...
Sandy Hook Families to Focus on Gun Marketing After $73M Settlement
Feb 22 2022 // After agreeing to a $73 million lawsuit settlement with gun-maker Remington, the families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims say they are shifting their focus to ending firearms advertising with macho,...
4 Insurers, 5 Policies to Pay $73M Sandy Hook Settlement Against Gunmaker Remington
Feb 17 2022 // A federal bankruptcy court in Alabama has approved insurance payments totaling $73 million by four insurers to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. The settlement with gunmaker Remington Arms and its...
Gunmaker Remington to Pay $73M to Settle Liability Claims With Sandy Hook Families
Feb 15 2022 // Remington Arms will pay $73 million to the families of five adults and four children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the families said on Tuesday, the first time a gunmaker has been held responsible...
