All the headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 26 2016 // Hundreds of University of Texas students waved sex toys at a campus rally during the first day of classes, protesting a new state law that allows concealed handguns in college classrooms, buildings and dorms.Organizers...
Aug 22 2016 // Dr. David Wesson points to a spot below his belly button. That’s where the .22-caliber bullet pierced the abdomen of the first pediatric gunshot victim he ever treated.The Houston Chronicle reports the boy was 1...
Aug 15 2016 // Donald Trump’s campaign was sued for allegedly doing nothing after being told that the director of its North Carolina operations pulled a gun on a staffer as they drove in a Jeep in February.The incident was...
Aug 10 2016 // Authorities say two thieves stole about $20,000 in guns from a store in Sumter, S.C., in a well-planned heist that took less than four minutes.Sumter County Sheriff’s spokesman Ken Bell told media outlets that the...
Jul 25 2016 // Gun-rights activists, some of them wearing camouflage and military-style gear and openly toting rifles and handguns, marched alongside the hundreds of people who flocked to downtown Dallas on July 7 to protest police...
Jul 14 2016 // Police in Tuscaloosa say several young men broke into a gun store and stole between 10 and 30 guns.Police Capt. Brad Mason tells the Tuscaloosa News the break-in happened early in the morning on July 12. Mason said the men...
Jul 12 2016 // Gun-rights activists, some of them wearing camouflage and military-style gear and openly toting rifles and handguns, marched alongside the hundreds of people who flocked to downtown Dallas last week to protest police...
Jun 28 2016 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed a gun measure that would allow the concealed carry of firearms without a permit and expand residents’ rights to stand and fight against perceived threats — a move that could set...
Jun 27 2016 // A Republican state lawmaker wants Wisconsin businesses to be held liable for any gun-related injuries that may occur on their premises.State Rep. Bob Gannon, of Slinger, says he plans to introduce the bill for the...
Jun 21 2016 // A 2005 federal law was designed specifically to prevent gunmakers from being sued for mass killings like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School, lawyers for the maker of the AR-15 assault weapon used in the attack told a...
Jun 20 2016 // A case in Connecticut state court could help victims from mass shootings — including the recent massacre in Orlando — sue manufacturers of military style assault rifles used in the attacks, despite state and...
May 31 2016 // Federal safety and health investigators say employees of an Ohio gun shop may face life-long health damage because their employer continues to expose them to lead hazards and has failed to establish a respiratory...
May 13 2016 // The Glock gun company has settled a lawsuit filed by a former Los Angeles police officer who was shot and paralyzed by his 3-year-old son.City News Service says attorneys for Glock and former Officer Enrique Chavez told a...
May 9 2016 // A second lawsuit is set for trial against a U.S. gun shop after a jury in October found the store negligently sold a gun used to injure two Milwaukee police officers.The new case involves two different injured officers who...
May 5 2016 // A bill allowing staff and faculty at Tennessee’s public colleges and universities to be armed on campus became law Monday without the Republican governor’s signature.Gov. Bill Haslam said in a statement that he...
Apr 22 2016 // Firearms bills to allow most Oklahoma adults to openly carry guns without any training or background checks have led to a showdown in Oklahoma between supporters of expanded gun rights and the state’s business...
Apr 20 2016 // The maker of the assault rifle used in the 2012 massacre of more than two dozen students and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School was ordered to allow its executives to be questioned ahead of a trial of a lawsuit by...
Apr 15 2016 // The maker of the assault rifle used in the 2012 massacre of more than two dozen students and teachers must face a lawsuit by victims’ families accusing Bushmaster Firearms International LLC of wrongfully selling the...
Mar 14 2016 // The decision by the owner of a small Georgia insurance company to require his employees to carry firearms at the office has sparked a debate: Would having a gun on the job make you safer, or is it inviting violence into...
Mar 10 2016 // As a pediatrician, Dr. Judith Schaechter can ask parents of her patients all sorts of questions regarding their safety and well-being: what the child eats, whether there’s a backyard pool and whether the child gets...