Latest Gun Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas House OKs Bill Allowing Carrying of Handguns in Public Without Permit
Apr 19 2021 // Texas handgun owners would no longer need a license or training to carry their weapon in public under a bill that cleared a major vote April 15 over Democrats who railed against loosening gun laws after the 2019 mass...
New Jersey Governor Proposes New Gun Control, Safety Measures
Apr 19 2021 // New Jersey would mandate safety courses in order to get a gun permit, require lockboxes for out-of-use firearms and change state law to hold firearm makers liable for harm stemming from gun use, among other changes...
Missouri Bill Allowing Guns on Buses, in Churches Advances
Apr 14 2021 // Missouri lawmakers on April 12 advanced a sweeping firearms bill that would allow concealed guns on public transportation and in churches. The Republican-led House gave the measure initial approval in a voice vote. It...
Workers’ Compensation Underwriters Under the Gun to Understand Pandemic Data
Feb 4 2021 // Workers’ compensation underwriters are about to be tested in the marketplace like never before. While the current situation is not all because of the pandemic, the pandemic has “put gas on a fire that was...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against NRA, Gunmaker, Shooter Over Synagogue Attack
Jan 25 2021 // The son of a couple killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11 worshippers is suing the National Rifle Association, arguing the group’s inflammatory rhetoric led to the violence. Marc Simon, the son of...
Colorado City Settles with Man Shot by Stun Gun for $875K
Jan 11 2021 // The Boulder City Council in Colorado has approved an $875,000 settlement with a man who was injured after a police officer shot him with a stun gun in March 2019. Christopher Mahan got into the wrong Lyft vehicle while...
South Dakota Gun Shop Burglarized for 2nd Time in 2 Months
Dec 9 2020 // After operating without incident for five years, a Sturgis gun store has been burglarized for the second time in two months. Sturgis Guns was broken into at 4:21 a.m. on Dec. 6, according to a police news release....
Road Rage Lawsuit Has Implications for Police Shootings: Opinion
Nov 25 2020 // Can you be fired from a government job for using a firearm in self-defense? That question arose in a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The answer was … equivocal. Let’s first...
Missouri Couple Wins $4M Wrongful Death Suit Against Gun Dealer, Manufacturer
Nov 19 2020 // The parents of a Kansas City, Mo., man who died in a 2016 shooting have been awarded $4 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against a man who trafficked in firearms, as well as a gun dealer and manufacturer. Court...
New York Fines NRA $2.5M, Halts Its Insurance Business in the State for Five Years
Nov 19 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has entered into a settlement with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to resolve alleged violations of New York insurance law. The settlement includes a monetary...
UPI News Photographer Sued by Gun-Waving St. Louis Couple
Nov 9 2020 // A St. Louis, Mo., couple facing felony charges for waving guns at racial injustice protesters who marched near their home allege in a lawsuit that a news photographer trespassed to capture an image of the...
Georgia Supreme Court Disputes Immunity Ruling in Stun Gun Death
Nov 5 2020 // Georgia’s highest court on Monday found that a lower court was wrong to grant immunity from prosecution to three sheriff’s deputies facing murder charges in a stun gun death dating to July 2017. The three white...
Las Vegas Resort Sued Over 2019 Fatal Shooting of Armed Man
Nov 2 2020 // The family of an armed man shot and killed by security guards in a suburban Las Vegas casino-resort last year is suing. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the son of 53-year-old Shannon Howell filed a wrongful...
Las Vegas Resort Sued Over 2019 Fatal Shooting of Armed Man
Oct 16 2020 // The family of an armed man shot and killed by security guards in a suburban Las Vegas casino-resort last year is suing. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the son of 53-year-old Shannon Howell filed a wrongful...
Uber Driver in Arizona Fired Gun, Injured Passenger
Oct 13 2020 // Authorities say an Uber driver has been arrested for allegedly firing a gun and injuring one of his passengers following an argument. Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials say 60-year-old Peter Caso was booked into...
Louisiana 4th Grader Sues School System Over BB Gun Suspension
Oct 8 2020 // The family of a Louisiana fourth grader is suing the public school system that suspended him after a teacher spotted a BB gun in his room during an online class session. The lawsuit filed in Louisiana’s 24th Judicial...
Connecticut Workplace Shooter Says Gun Fired By Accident
Sep 29 2020 // A man charged with wounding his boss and another employee in a shooting at a Connecticut trucking company told police his handgun fired by accident and he only intended to scare his manager, according to an arrest warrant...
West Texas Mass Shooting Victims’ Families Sue Gun Supplier, Manufacturer
Sep 2 2020 // Family members of two of the deceased Odessa, Texas, mass shooting victims are suing the person who supplied the AR-style firearm to the mass shooter and the gun parts manufacturer for over $1 million in damages. The...
Missouri Bill Would Allow Giving Guns to Minors Without Parents’ Permission
Aug 26 2020 // Missouri lawmakers have advanced a bill that would legally allow people to give firearms to children without their parents’ permission after the governor had initially sought to increase the penalty for the...
Judge Denies NRA Bid to Block Regulatory Hearing on Its Gun Liability Insurance
Jul 15 2020 // The National Rifle Association will have to appear for a regulatory hearing over allegations it violated New York law by marketing an insurance policy for shootings that critics have dubbed “murder...
