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