Gunmaker Sig Sauer Asks For and Gets Liability Protection in New Hampshire June 23, 2025 By Kathy McCormack Faced with mounting lawsuits over a popular pistol, New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer asked for — and got — protection in...
U.S. House Panel Asks Gunmakers to Testify Amid Mass Shootings July 7, 2022 By David Shepardson and Susan Heavey The U.S. House Oversight Committee has asked the chief executives of three gunmakers to testify on July 20 as part...
4 Insurers, 5 Policies to Pay $73M Sandy Hook Settlement Against Gunmaker Remington February 17, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal bankruptcy court in Alabama has approved insurance payments totaling $73 million by four insurers to the families of...
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...
Gunmakers Say Federal Law Shields Them from Sandy Hook Negligence Claims June 21, 2016 By Erik Larson A 2005 federal law was designed specifically to prevent gunmakers from being sued for mass killings like the one at...
Orlando Victims Watching Sandy Hook Gun Manufacturer Liability Case Opening Today June 20, 2016 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Erik Larson A case in Connecticut state court could help victims from mass shootings — including the recent massacre in Orlando —...
Gunmakers’ Liability Shield Emerges as Issue in Democratic Presidential Race October 13, 2015 By Sahil Kapur Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday backed away from a controversial vote he cast in 2005 on legislation to...