Latest Gun Liability Headlines

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Virginia House Explosion Follows Flare Gun, Firearm Shots

Dec 5 2023 // An explosion tore through a house in Arlington, Virginia Monday evening after police spent hours attempting to get the occupant who was shooting a flare gun to stop shooting and come outside.At approximately 4:45 p.m., the...

New North Carolina Laws on Rioting, Power Station Attacks, Guns Take Effect

Dec 4 2023 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — New or tougher criminal penalties against rioting, vandalizing power stations and harassing law enforcement officers and emergency workers are among North Carolina laws approved this year that...

California Can Share Gun Owners’ Personal Information With Researchers, Court Rules

Nov 28 2023 // A state appeals court ruled that California can continue providing personal information of gun owners to researchers to study gun violence, reversing last year`s decision by a lower court judge who said such data sharing...

Supreme Court to Hear Free Speech Complaint by NRA Against New York Regulator

Nov 6 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court last Friday agreed to hear an appeal by the National Rifle Association of a case in which it accuses a New York insurance regulator of violating its free speech rights when she urged insurance...

Illinois City to Pay $1.9 Million Settlement to Teen Shot by Officer in Gun Battle With Bank Robbery Suspect

Oct 23 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A teenager who was shot and wounded during a 2019 shootout between suburban Chicago police and a bank robbery suspect inside a music school has reached a $1.9 million settlement with the city of Des...

Atlanta Police Chief Fires Officer Who Used Stun Gun on Man, Causing Death

Oct 12 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta`s police chief on Tuesday fired an officer who shocked a 62-year-old Black church deacon with a stun gun during a dispute over a traffic ticket, leading to the man`s death.Police Chief Darin...

Judge Tosses Gun Group’s Challenge to Delaware Public Nuisance Law as Premature

Sep 12 2023 // The federal district court for Delaware has thrown out a suit by a gun rights group challenging a state law that allows the state’s attorney general to sue firearms companies.The law allows lawsuits by the attorney...

Shooting That Wounded 2 at Chicago White Sox Game Likely Involved Gun fired Inside Stadium, Police Say

Aug 31 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A shooting that wounded two women at last Friday night`s Chicago White Sox-Oakland Athletics game most likely involved a gun that went off inside Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago`s interim police...

Court Nixes Suit Over New Jersey Gun Liability Law, Says Challengers ‘Jumped the Gun’

Aug 21 2023 // A federal appellate court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a New Jersey law that allows the state attorney general to bring “public nuisance” claims against gun manufacturers and others who market firearms.A...

Buffalo Shooting Lawsuits Claim Social Media, Gun Firms, Parents Enabled Killer

Aug 18 2023 // YouTube, Reddit and a body armor manufacturer were among the businesses that helped enable the gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, according to a pair of lawsuits...

Tennessee Governor Unveils Agenda for Special Session on Gun Safety

Aug 10 2023 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping list of public safety issues he wants lawmakers to address during an upcoming special session prompted by a shocking Nashville school shooting earlier this year that...

Illinois to Soon Outlaw Advertising for Firearms Allegedly Marketed to Kids and Militants

Aug 8 2023 // PRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois will soon outlaw advertising for firearms that officials determine produces a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use the weapons illegally,...

In 2021 US Firearm Fatalities Reached Record Highs for Second Straight Year: Report

Jun 23 2023 // Newswise — A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzing 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data reveals another record year for firearm fatalities.The 48,830 lives lost to...

Court Temporarily OKs ‘Sensitive’ Places But Not Insurance Rule of New Jersey Gun Law

Jun 23 2023 // A federal appeals court has temporarily agreed to keep part of New Jersey’s handgun carry law in effect as court proceedings play out.The Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted the state attorney...

Should Insurance Drive Increased Firearm Safety?

Jun 19 2023 // It seems almost weekly there is a story or two in the national headlines addressing gun violence in the U.S., and a recent Insurance Journal article indicated respondents of a survey thought insurance could have a role in...

Insurer Avoids Dog Bite Claim Brought by Homeowner Selling Firearms Out of Garage

Jun 15 2023 // Nationwide General Insurance has avoided payment of a dog bite claim filed by a homeowner it insured who ran a firearms business out of his garage.A federal district court for Alabama ruled that the business exclusions in...

Gun Advocates Quick to Sue Over Connecticut’s New Gun Safety Law

Jun 8 2023 // Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, sparking an immediate lawsuit by gun rights...

Connecticut Governor to Sign Gun Control Bill Banning Open Carry, Assault Weapons

Jun 6 2023 // A slate of gun control measures was headed Saturday to Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk, after an all-night state Senate debate and early morning vote to approve the state’s most wide-ranging gun legislation...

New Jersey Appeals Ruling Blocking Gunowner Insurance Mandate, Handgun Restrictions

Jun 5 2023 // A federal judge has blocked part of New Jersey’s new handgun carry law that barred weapons from being carried in so-called sensitive places and halted a new insurance mandate the law sought to institute.The court...

Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Professors’ Challenge to Allowing Guns on Campus

Jun 1 2023 // Georgia’s highest court this week upheld a lower court ruling that dismissed a lawsuit brought by five college professors challenging the removal of public colleges and universities from a list of “school...