All the headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 25 2016 // The owner of a Georgia-based insurance firm is requiring all of his employees to get permits to carry concealed weapons and providing each of them with a handgun.Lance Toland of Lance Toland Associates said Tuesday that...
Feb 24 2016 // Lawyers for a gun maker and families of some Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims squared off in a Connecticut courtroom Monday over whether a federal law prevents the families’ wrongful death lawsuit...
Feb 19 2016 // A U.S. Army reservist from Tulsa asked to leave a gun range in eastern Oklahoma after identifying himself as a Muslim sued the owners Wednesday, the latest in a series of cases across the nation alleging anti-Islamic...
Feb 10 2016 // After the bill was vetoed last year, a proposal to allow carrying a concealed gun without a permit in West Virginia passed its first major test this week.The Republican-led House of Delegates voted 68-31 on the concealed...
Feb 2 2016 // A record 50,000 South Carolinians sought to either buy guns or carry concealed weapons during December.The statistics came from the FBI criminal background check system, The Post and Courier of Charleston reported. The...
Jan 27 2016 // More people died from gunshots than car accidents in Tennessee during 2014.The Violence Policy Center, an organization dedicated to informing people about gun violence, has produced a study comparing gun and car deaths...
Jan 8 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world’s largest retailer, faces a lawsuit in Pennsylvania claiming store employees negligently allowed an underage, intoxicated customer to buy a box of bullets later used to commit three...
Dec 14 2015 // A Wisconsin gun shop will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit in which a jury found it negligently sold a gun used to injure two Milwaukee police officers, the store’s attorney said.The settlement eliminates what was...
Dec 10 2015 // A lawyer for a Missouri mother who says a gun and pawn shop should be held accountable for selling her mentally ill daughter the gun she used to kill her own father challenged a claim that state and federal law protects...
Oct 15 2015 // A jury has ordered a gun shop to pay nearly $6 million in a lawsuit filed by two Milwaukee, Wis., police officers who were seriously wounded when shot by a gun purchased at the store.Jurors ruled that Badger Guns was...
Oct 15 2015 // A Loudon County, Tennessee, woman is suing the city of Knoxville over its decision to ban guns at Chilhowee Park during last month’s Tennessee Valley Fair.The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Pandora Vreeland claims...
Oct 13 2015 // Visitors to the Houston Zoo can now pack a little something extra besides a camera and picnic basket.The nearly century-old institution recently lifted its longtime firearms ban amid a broader push by gun rights advocates...
Oct 13 2015 // Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday backed away from a controversial vote he cast in 2005 on legislation to grant immunity to gun manufacturers and dealers from liability if their firearms are used...
Oct 5 2015 // A wrongful death lawsuit filed against gun maker Remington by families of some Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre victims has been sent from federal court back to state court, where it may have a better chance of...
Aug 6 2015 // The Tennessee Attorney General’s opinion says private organizations can’t prevent licensed handgun permit holders from taking weapons into events the groups operate at public parks.The Tennessean reported the...
Aug 4 2015 // The families of more than a dozen victims of the Newtown school shooting rampage in Connecticut would split $1.5 million under proposed settlements of lawsuits against the estate of the gunman’s mother.The lawsuits...
Jul 20 2015 // Uncommon Occurrence“It’s been about 10 years since we’ve had one of these so it’s not an everyday occurrence.” — Emerald Isle, N.C., Fire Chief Bill Walker, after a deck collapsed from a...
Jul 13 2015 // An iconic Texas restaurant chain will not allow the open carrying of guns on its properties, and industry experts say other restaurants will likely take the same stand against a new state law legalizing the practice in...
Jul 6 2015 // Owners of a southeast Kansas gun shop sued for selling a weapon that a man used to kill himself and his 8-year-old son have reached a $132,000 settlement with the child’s mother, according to lawyers in the case.The...
Jun 9 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a National Rifle Association challenge to a San Francisco law that requires people who store handguns at home to either put them in a lockbox or disable them with a trigger lock.Over two...