Latest Gun Liability Headlines

All the headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Gun Rights Groups Seek Injunction Against Delaware Gun Control Legislation

Jul 25 2022 // Delaware gun rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction against recently passed gun control legislation.The Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court on...

California Governor Signs Gun Law Enabling Citizens to Sue for Violations

Jul 22 2022 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a controversial gun control bill that was modeled after Texas’ vigilante abortion law, which enables private citizens to file lawsuits against anyone who imports,...

Judge Says Remington’s Gun Injury Settlement for Child Lacks Sufficient Information

Jul 22 2022 // A federal judge in Pennsylvania has declined to approve a settlement between gunmaker Remington Arms and a parent of a child injured when his grandfather’s gun allegedly misfired without the trigger being pulled.U.S....

Cyber Experts Say California Lacked Safeguards for Gun Owner Data

Jul 18 2022 // Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website, exposing the personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of gun owners.The...

Lawsuit Challenges New York’s Revised Gun Safety Law

Jul 14 2022 // A federal lawsuit challenging part of New York’s new gun law was filed by Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino, one of multiple legal challenges expected against state handgun licensing rules approved...

Michigan Shop That Sold Gun in School Shooting Named in Suit

Jul 11 2022 // The parents of a teenager wounded during a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan are suing the shop that sold the handgun used to kill four students and injure six other people.The complaint filed last week in...

Cyber Experts Say California Lacked Safeguards for Gun Owner Data

Jul 5 2022 // Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website, exposing the personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of gun owners.The...

New York Overhaul of Gun Rules Expected to Draw Legal Challenges

Jul 5 2022 // New York lawmakers approved a sweeping overhaul Friday of the state’s handgun licensing rules, seeking to preserve some limits on firearms after the Supreme Court ruled that most people have a right to carry a...

New York Moves to Bolster Concealed-Carry Gun Laws

Jun 30 2022 // New York’s getting ready to go around a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision by making schools and subways no-gun zones and by making it more difficult to obtain a permit to carry a firearm.Across the country,...

New York AG, City Sue ‘Ghost Gun’ Distributors for Allegedly Fueling Gun Violence

Jun 29 2022 // New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against multiple gun distributors for allegedly fueling a gun violence crisis and endangering New Yorkers.James alleges that 10 gun distributors sold tens of...

California Assembly Endorses Plan to Allow Citizens to Sue Those Who Provide Dangerous Firearms

Jun 27 2022 // A first-in-the-nation law that enables private citizens to sue manufacturers of “dangerous” firearms passed on Monday in the Assembly.The bill, backed by Gov. Newsom, returns to the Senate for consideration...

Supreme Court Voids New York Gun Permit Law, Establishes Right to Carry Outside Home

Jun 23 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a New York law that required people to show a special need to carry a handgun in public, ruling for the first time that the Second Amendment protects gun rights outside the home.The 6-3...

Rhode Island Gov. McKee Signs 3 Gun Safety Bills Into Law

Jun 23 2022 // Rhode Island’s governor signed three firearms bills into law on Tuesday that included a ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds, calling it a response to a national crisis that has “taken too many lives...

Judge Allows New York’s Lawsuit Against NRA to Move Forward

Jun 13 2022 // The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against the National Rifle Association is no mere “witch hunt,” a New York judge ruled Friday in dismissing the gun rights advocacy group’s claims that the...

New York Raises Age to Buy Semiautomatic Rifles to 21, Requires Gun Microstamping

Jun 8 2022 // New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, making the state among the first to enact a major gun control initiative following a wave of...

‘Top Gun’ Heirs Sue Paramount Over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Jun 6 2022 // The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie “Top Gun” on Monday sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year’s blockbuster sequel “Top Gun:...

Uvalde Parents and Teacher Seek Documents From Gun Maker After School Shooting

Jun 6 2022 // Parents of a slain fourth grader and a teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, are laying the groundwork for lawsuits against the gun maker that sold a semi-automatic rifle used in the mass shooting.Emilia...

Baltimore Sues ‘Ghost Gun’ Kits Maker as State Ban Begins

Jun 3 2022 // The city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit against one of the largest manufacturers of “ghost gun” kits in the United States on Wednesday, the same day Maryland’s ban on the untraceable weapons went into...

Federal Judge Upholds New York Law Allowing Lawsuits Against Gun Industry

May 26 2022 // A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit by a group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers challenging the constitutionality of a New York law that allows the state and people affected by gun violence to...

California Moves Toward Allowing Lawsuits Over Illegal Guns

May 25 2022 // Spurred by Tuesday’s deadly elementary school shooting in Texas, California senators approved giving people the power to sue those who traffic in illegal firearms, mimicking a Texas law that is intended to deter...