Most Popular Gun Liability Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Supreme Court Backs NRA in First Amendment Claim Against New York Regulator

May 30 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a claim by the National Rifle Association (NRA) that a former New York regulator allegedly violated the organization’s First Amendment rights by coercing insurers and banks to...

#2 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...

#3 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...

#4 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...

#5 6 Charged With Bogus Overseas Claims for Gun Shot Wounds, Stabbings, Auto Accidents

Jul 16 2024 // Five Massachusetts residents and one New York resident have been charged in connection with a health insurance fraud scheme that allegedly involved submitting claims for more than $1 million worth of bogus medical...

#6 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...

#7 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...

#8 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...

#9 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...

#10 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...

#11 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...

#12 ‘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...

#13 AI Weapons Scanners in NYC Subway Found Zero Guns in Month Test

Oct 30 2024 // A pilot program testing AI-powered weapons scanners inside some New York City subway stations this summer did not detect any passengers with firearms — but falsely alerted more than 100 times, according to newly released...

#14 New York City Turns to AI-Powered Scanners to Keep Guns Out of Subway

Jul 31 2024 // New York City is turning to AI-powered scanners in a new bid to keep guns out of its subway system, but the pilot program launched Friday is already being met with skepticism from riders and the threat of a lawsuit from...

#15 New York Civil Trial Against NRA Leader LaPierre Over ‘Lavish Spending’ Opens

Jan 10 2024 // The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a...

#16 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...

#17 Federal Court Upholds New York’s Ban on Guns in Sensitive Places

Oct 31 2024 // A recent Supreme Court decision doesn’t mean New York can’t enforce laws banning firearms from “sensitive” places such as public transportation, hospitals and schools, a federal appeals court said...

#18 AGs Sue 3 Gun Shops Over Alleged ‘Straw Purchases’ of Weapons Trafficked Into DC

Sep 6 2024 // Three gun shops that sold nearly three dozen firearms to a man who trafficked the weapons in and around Washington, D.C. are facing a new lawsuit jointly filed Tuesday by attorneys general for Maryland and the...

#19 Prompted by Mass Shooting, Maine Implements New Gun Safety Laws

Aug 13 2024 // With eleventh hour guidance from the state, Maine gun retailers on Friday began requiring a three-day wait period for gun purchases under one of the new safety laws adopted following the state’s deadliest mass...

#20 Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Mexico’s Suit Against American Gun Companies

Oct 8 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by U.S. gun maker Smith & Wesson SWBI.O and firearms wholesaler Interstate Arms to throw out Mexico’s lawsuit accusing them of aiding the illegal trafficking...