Latest Gun Liability Headlines

All the headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Trump Gun Safety Plan Includes Arming Teachers But Not Higher Buying Age

Mar 12 2018 // The White House is forging ahead with a plan to give firearms training to teachers while pulling back from moves opposed by gun lobbyists such as raising the age limit for purchasing some weapons.U.S. President Donald...

Trump Justice Department Prepares Ban on Bump Stocks

Mar 11 2018 // The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks, likely setting the stage for long legal battles with gun manufacturers while the trigger devices remain on...

Smith & Wesson Gun Maker CEO Defends Safety Efforts

Mar 7 2018 // The top executives of gun maker American Outdoor Brands Corp. on Tuesday defended their safety efforts in a letter to asset manager BlackRock Inc. posted on the website of the maker of Smith & Wesson guns.American...

Why More Corporate Agendas Are Reflecting Social Issues

Mar 2 2018 // In the weeks since the Parkland school shooting, big U.S. companies have found themselves in a familiar position: pressured to act on controversial social and political issues where government won’t.It’s a...

Gun Injuries Drop 20% During NRA Convention Every Year: Study

Mar 1 2018 // Thousands of firearm injuries occur in the United States each year, but the likelihood of such injuries appears to drop substantially when gun enthusiasts hold large national meetings, according to research led by Harvard...

Broker Lockton Joins Chubb, MetLife in Withdrawing from NRA Insurance Programs

Feb 27 2018 // Insurance broker Lockton is ending its participation in an insurance program for members of the National Rifle Association, joining MetLife, United Airlines and other companies that have been canceling their business...

Chubb Decided to Quit NRA Insurance Program 3 Months Ago

Feb 23 2018 // Giant insurer Chubb has joined a list of companies that are halting business deals with the National Rifle Association (NRA).However, the insurer confirmed to Insurance Journal that the decision was made several months...

Lawyers Seek to Compel Boater to Speak about Missing Gun in Rhode Island Court

Feb 1 2018 // An insurance company has asked a federal judge to force a man to discuss what happened to a missing gun that matches the caliber of the gun used to kill his millionaire grandfather.National Liability & Fire Insurance...

Woman Wounded in Las Vegas Shooting Drops ‘Bump Stock’ Maker from Suit

Dec 12 2017 // The maker of a rapid-fire gun accessory that police say was used in the Oct. 1 mass shooting that killed 58 people and left hundreds injured at an open-air concert on the Las Vegas Strip has been removed from a wounded...

Vermont Man Whose Relatives Died Mysteriously Must Give Gun Info

Dec 11 2017 // A Vermont man whose mother and grandfather died in mysterious circumstances must turn over information related to a missing gun, as well as phone and other records, in a Rhode Island lawsuit over insurance on his sunken...

Iowa Man Suing Gun Maker Savage Arms Over Exploding Rifle

Dec 7 2017 // It was the opening day of deer hunting season, and Iowa farmer Ronald Hansen says he loaded his rifle the same way he had countless times before, aimed at a target and fired a shot.This time, the gun barrel exploded,...

House Republicans Advance Bill Making It Easier to Carry Guns Across State Lines

Dec 1 2017 // The National Rifle Association has called the concealed carry bill, which would make it easier for gun owners to keep their firearms hidden when crossing state lines, its “highest legislative priority in...

Connecticut High Court to Hear Sandy Hook Victims’ Case Against Gunmaker

Nov 14 2017 // Connecticut’s highest court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday in a closely watched case brought by the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting against the maker of the assault...

Records Show Unprecedented Increase in Firearm Thefts in Kansas City

Oct 18 2017 // Police records show there has been an unprecedented spike in gun thefts in Kansas City, Missouri.The number of annual firearms thefts sharply increased between 2015 and 2016, according to police data obtained by the Kansas...

Citing ‘Social Good,’ Insurer Lemonade Adds Restrictions to Firearms Coverage

Oct 17 2017 // Online home and rental insurer Lemonade has said it is limiting its coverage for gun owners as part of its commitment to “make insurance into a social good.”Citing the recent Las Vegas mass shooting, Lemonade...

Gun Industry Immunity Again Tested with Las Vegas Shooting Lawsuit

Oct 12 2017 // Last week’s massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival offers gun control advocates a fresh chance to test a law, put in place by Republicans and the gun industry’s lobby, that protects the industry from...

Las Vegas Shooting Victims Sue Bump Stock Manufacturers

Oct 10 2017 // Victims of the Las Vegas shooting sued manufacturers of bump fire stocks, accusing them of negligence. A dozen bump stocks, which allow a semi-automatic weapon to fire with the rapidity of an automatic weapon, were found...

North Carolina Police Report Stolen Guns from Cars on Outer Banks

Oct 5 2017 // Police on North Carolina’s Outer Banks say at least 14 guns have been stolen as the result of break-ins during the last two months. The Kill Devil Hills Police Department posted to its Facebook page that there have...

UPS Worker in Northern California Kills 3, Turns Gun on Self

Jun 15 2017 // A UPS driver opened fire with a handgun inside a United Parcel Service Inc delivery center in San Francisco on Wednesday, killing three co-workers before fatally shooting himself as police closed in, authorities and...

Georgia Colleges Grapple With New Law Allowing Concealed Handguns on Campus

May 11 2017 // Georgia’s public university presidents and police chiefs were strongly opposed to letting people carry concealed handguns on college campuses. Now that Gov. Nathan Deal has signed the campus-carry law, it falls on...