All the headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 3 2015 // Florida gun owners who don’t have a concealed weapons permit can now take their firearms with them while fleeing a hurricane.Not that it’s been a big problem in Florida in the past. No one can cite an example...
Jun 1 2015 // Texas surged toward allowing concealed handguns in public college classrooms, dorms and buildings with a key Senate vote May 30, while much-watched legislative efforts to curb the rising costs of free college tuition for...
May 29 2015 // Fierce opposition from police across the state derailed efforts to pass a bill that allows open carry of handguns on the streets of Texas.The bill appeared ready to pass the House and be sent to Gov. Greg Abbott to sign...
May 27 2015 // Texas lawmakers passed a bill allowing faculty and students to carry concealed handguns inside classrooms on public college campuses.The legislation, approved over opposition from university officials, prevents schools...
May 19 2015 // An audit has found Asheville Police wrote nearly 500 speeding tickets using radar guns that were not calibrated. The city released audit results last week to media outlets. It included a note from interim Police Chief...
Apr 28 2015 // Local governments in Tennessee can no longer bar people with handgun carry permits from bringing firearms to parks, playgrounds and sports fields under legislation signed last week by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam.In a...
Apr 20 2015 // Deputies in Palm Beach County, Fla., are under new rules on the use of their weapons. WPTV reports the sheriff’s office has introduced a policy that mandates anytime a gun is pointed, the incident must be reported to...
Apr 13 2015 // Gov. Bill Haslam has signed legislation that allows workers to sue their employers if they are fired for storing guns in cars parked on company lots.Both chambers overwhelmingly passed the measure despite opposition from...
Mar 25 2015 // The Tennessee state Legislature passed a bill this week allowing workers to sue their employers if they are fired for storing guns in cars parked on company lots.The Senate passed the measure on a 28-5 vote, and the House...
Mar 16 2015 // The families of nine people killed in the Newtown elementary school shooting have filed lawsuits against the estate of the gunman’s mother.The lawsuits contend Nancy Lanza failed to properly secure her legally owned...
Feb 24 2015 // An appeals court has upheld a Florida law banning people from openly carrying firearms purely for self-defense purposes. A three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal issued the ruling Feb. 18 in the case of Dale...
Feb 13 2015 // A federal appeals court says record-setting test pilot Chuck Yeager can sue a Utah gun safe company that named a line of safes after him.The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled Tuesday that the 91-year-old...
Dec 16 2014 // The maker of the military assault rifle used to kill dozens at a Connecticut elementary school was sued almost exactly two years later by the families of 20 first-grade students who died in the mass shooting.The Bushmaster...
Nov 9 2014 // Attorneys say an Atlanta-area city has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of a man who died after police officers used stun guns on him.Chris Stewart, a lawyer for the family of Gregory Towns Jr., said the city of East...
Oct 10 2014 // Allowing more students and faculty at colleges and universities to carry guns on campus would be a serious mistake and jeopardize the public’s safety, the University of Oklahoma president told members of a state...
Sep 18 2014 // The parents of a woman killed in the Colorado theater shootings filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing four online retailers of improperly selling ammunition, tear gas, a high-capacity magazine and body armor used in the...
Aug 20 2014 // The recent legislative session in Tallahassee was relatively quiet, a matter some attribute to this being an election year. But even in quiet years, Florida lawmakers tend to make some noise about the insurance industry...
Aug 5 2014 // A lobbyist for the National Rifle Association said the gun lobby expects to support legislation in Alabama next year allowing people to carry a loaded handgun in their car without a permit.NRA lobbyist Michael Sullivan...
Aug 4 2014 // The family of a girl who was critically wounded two years ago when a gun went off inside a classmate’s backpack at her Washington state elementary school agreed Friday to a $1.2 million legal settlement.The Bremerton...
Aug 4 2014 // Shooting ranges in White City, Ore., have reopened after the National Rifle Association agreed to provide insurance coverage.The 18 ranges were forced to close July 1 because their insurance carrier dropped coverage after...