All the headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 8 2008 // A rifle manufacturer asked arms dealers nationwide to make extra safety inspections after discovering it had accidentally shipped four guns loaded with live ammunition.Henry Repeating Arms, a maker of lever-action rifles...
Feb 26 2008 // The Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs aims to promote gun safety in a video focusing on two boys who died in accidental shootings.“We want to begin the debate and begin discussion so it doesn’t happen...
Jan 30 2008 // Should disaster strike and chaos ensue, Nebraskans could be forced to give up their guns, under current law.That’s what happened in New Orleans, when police seized guns after Hurricane Katrina walloped the city in...
Feb 2 2007 // A Pittsburgh suburb’s former insurance carrier paid $100,000 to an ex-pizzeria owner who sued the municipality after being subdued by police with a stun gun in 2005.Mount Lebanon police used a 50,000-volt Taser on...
Nov 20 2006 // Look around you. Take a long look at the folks in your agency or company. And then break out your calculator.What is the average age of your employees or colleagues? What percent of your firm’s workforce were already...
Nov 19 2006 // Look around you. Take a long look at the folks in your agency or company. And then break out your calculator.What is the average age of your employees or colleagues? What percent of your firm’s workforce were already...
Sep 18 2006 // National Guard troops and state police will patrol New Orleans through December, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said at a recent summit of law enforcement officials and crime experts called to address a spate of killings marring the...
Jul 18 2006 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled that gun owners may be negligent for shootings with their stolen firearms in specific situations, if they fail to properly lock up the weapons when they know someone...
Jun 7 2006 // Vermont Governor Jim Douglas was at the Barre Rifle and Pistol Club recently to sign legislation protecting Vermont’s shooting ranges from so-called frivolous lawsuits and nuisance claims.Douglas said the strong...
Apr 24 2006 // The Republic Group, based in Dallas, has introduced a new Homeowners Form 3 product for Texas homeowners.“We are pleased to announce the introduction of our HO-3 product”, stated Parker Rush, Republic’s...
Feb 27 2006 // Officials aren’t sure whether Oklahoma taxpayers will have to pay for uninsured weapons that are missing from a famous state gun museum.The J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum is covered by insurance but the gun...
Dec 5 2005 // Federal District Court Judge Jack Weinstein on Dec. 2 ruled that New York City’s landmark lawsuit against the gun industry can proceed, despite a federal law that limits the legal liability of gun manufacturers and...
Nov 7 2005 // P/C Insurers Post Record Results in 2005: The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded an underwriting profit of $13.2 billion, with a net income of $32.1 billion during the first six months of 2005, a substantial gain...
Nov 6 2005 // P/C Insurers Post Record Results in 2005: The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded an underwriting profit of $13.2 billion, with a net income of $32.1 billion during the first six months of 2005, a substantial gain...
Nov 6 2005 // P/C Insurers Post Record Results in 2005: The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded an underwriting profit of $13.2 billion, with a net income of $32.1 billion during the first six months of 2005, a substantial gain...
Oct 21 2005 // President George W. Bush is expected to sign into law a bill to shield the gun industry from most lawsuits filed by victims of gun crimes.The House approved the bill by a bipartisan vote of 283 to 144, with 59 Democrats...
Sep 26 2005 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled in Tallahassee against Miami-based gun manufacturers Taurus International Holdings and Taurus International Manufacturing Inc. In a unanimous ruling the court said gun-makers’...
Jul 20 2005 // Firearm manufacturers have filed papers asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruling permitting lawsuits against firearms manufacturers under the District of Columbia’s...
Jan 7 2005 // The New York City Council has voted to toughen its gun safety laws with legislation that holds gun makers and dealers financially liable to victims of gun violence if the manufacturers or sellers violate a code of...
Nov 11 2004 // Almost none of them are left now – the men and women who fought the First World War. Even those who lived through it are few. But the effects of what the French call La Grande Guerre – the “Great War...