Latest Gun Liability Headlines

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

Maryland Governor Signs Bills on Gun Safety Center, Minimum Firearms Standards

May 23 2024 // Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill into law last Thursday to create a new statewide center to help prevent gun violence.The governor described the center as the first of its kind since the White House urged states to...

Kansas Governor Cites Competition Concerns While Vetoing Bill for School Gun-Detection Technology

May 17 2024 // Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a measure Wednesday that could have earmarked up to $5 million for gun-detection systems in schools while expressing concern that it could have benefitted only one particular...

Kansas Schools Turn to AI to Spot Guns

May 14 2024 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to outfit surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence systems that can spot people carrying guns. But the governor needs to approve...

Experts Say Gun Alone Doesn’t Justify Deadly Force in Fatal Shooting of Florida Airman

May 14 2024 // On the afternoon of May 3, Roger Fortson opened the door of his Florida apartment with a gun in his hand and was immediately shot six times by a sheriff’s deputy responding to a complaint about an...

Georgia AG Says Savannah Overstepped on Ordinance Banning Guns in Unlocked Cars

May 8 2024 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s attorney general says city officials in Savannah overstepped their authority by making it illegal to leave firearms in unlocked cars.Savannah’s mayor and city council in April...

District of Columbia AG Settles With NRA Over Alleged Violations of Nonprofit Law

Apr 24 2024 // District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb last week announced a resolution of his office’s lawsuit against the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the NRA Foundation that alleges misuse of nonprofit...

Savannah Ordinance: Vehicles Should be Locked When Guns Left Inside

Apr 23 2024 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Coastal Georgia’s largest city will require guns left in empty vehicles be securely stored, an effort that Savannah Mayor Van Johnson says is meant to cut down on gun thefts from unlocked...

Gun Makers Urge Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Mexico’s Lawsuit

Apr 19 2024 // U.S. gun manufacturers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug...

Michigan Man Sues After Losing Eye from Ghost Gun Incident

Apr 1 2024 // A 19-year-old Michigan man who lost his right eye after being shot with a firearm made from a ghost gun kit filed a lawsuit against his former best friend who accidentally shot him and the Pennsylvania company that sold...

Mexico’s Lawsuit Against Arizona Gun Dealers Can Proceed, US Judge Rules

Mar 26 2024 // A U.S. judge on Monday ruled that the Mexican government could move forward with a lawsuit accusing five Arizona gun dealers of participating in the trafficking of weapons and ammunition to drug cartels across the...

Chicago Sues Glock Over Proliferation of Illegal Machine Guns on City Streets

Mar 21 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago sued Glock Inc. on Tuesday, alleging the handgun manufacturer is facilitating the proliferation of illegal machine guns that can fire as many as 1,200 rounds per minute on the streets...

Supreme Court Seems to Favor NRA in Free Speech Case Against Insurance Regulator

Mar 20 2024 // Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group...

Michigan Man Who Was Accidently Shot in Face With Ghost Gun Sues Manufacturer

Mar 15 2024 // A 19-year-old Michigan man who lost his right eye after being shot with a firearm made from a ghost gun kit filed a lawsuit against his former best friend who accidentally shot him and the Pennsylvania company that sold...

$7.8M Court Order Blocks Ghost Gun Retailer From Selling Certain Parts in New York

Mar 8 2024 // A federal judge on Wednesday permanently banned a Florida gun retailer from selling or delivering certain gun parts in New York that officials say can be used to assemble untraceable ghost guns and sold without background...

Jury Finds Former NRA Chief LaPierre Misspent Gun Group’s Funds, Owes $4.4M

Feb 26 2024 // The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and...

‘Ghost Gun’ Sellers Must Face New York Lawsuit Seeking to Ban Them

Feb 26 2024 // Nine companies that sell unfinished guns without serial numbers, used to make untraceable “ghost guns,” must face a lawsuit by New York’s Democratic attorney general seeking to halt their business in the...

Maine Gov. Proposes Gun Safety, Mental Health Measures After Deadly Mass Shooting

Feb 2 2024 // Maine Gov. Janet Mills called Tuesday evening for strengthening the state’s yellow flag law, boosting background checks for private sales of weapons and bolstering mental crisis care, telling lawmakers that...

NRA Chief LaPierre Defends His Spending, Luxury Travel in New York Civil Trial

Jan 30 2024 // Longtime National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre took the stand in his New York civil trial Friday, defending himself against allegations that he violated the trust of the group’s 5 million members by...

West Virginia Bill Would Allow Teachers to Carry Guns at School

Jan 26 2024 // West Virginia’s Republican-dominated Legislature pushed forward a slate of contentious bills Wednesday that would arm teachers, allow people to sue libraries over books that offend them and restrict where transgender...

US Appeals Court Revives Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Against Gun Maker

Jan 23 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a $10 billion lawsuit by Mexico seeking to hold American gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border.The...