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Victims of Highland Park Shooting Sue Gun Maker and Retailers 09.29.22The New York Times — Survivors and families of victims of the Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, Ill., have filed lawsuits against Smith & Wesson, citing its marketing of the semiautomatic rifle used in the attack. The plaintiffs… Continue
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Federal District Court Rules to Block Key Parts of New Jersey’s Firearm Safety Law, Everytown Law Responds
NEW YORK – Everytown Law, the nation’s largest team of gun violence prevention litigators, released the following statement in response to the federal district court’s…
District Court Strikes Down Federal Law Restricting Handgun Sales to Young Adults, Everytown Law Responds
NEW YORK – Everytown Law, the nation’s largest team of gun violence prevention litigators, released the following statement in response to today’s decision by the…
Brady, Everytown for Gun Safety and GIFFORDS File Amicus Brief to Reverse Fifth Circuit’s Dangerous Cargill Decision
Washington D.C. – Today, three of the nation’s leading gun violence prevention organizations – Brady, Everytown for Gun Safety, and GIFFORDS Law Center– filed an…
Gun Violence Prevention, Domestic Violence Groups File Amicus Brief to Overturn Rahimi Decision
Washington, D.C. – Today, a coalition of gun violence prevention and domestic violence prevention groups filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court…
Gun Violence Prevention, Domestic Violence Groups File Amicus Brief to Overturn Rahimi Decision
WASHINGTON D.C. – Yesterday, a coalition of gun violence prevention and domestic violence prevention groups filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court…
Two Children, a Burst of Gunfire and the Year That Came After
UVALDE, Texas — The better part of a year had elapsed since a gunman entered the classroom where Noah Orona and Mayah Zamora were fourth-grade…
Everytown Law Announces Longtime Gun Safety Attorney Jonathan Lowy to Serve as Special Litigation Advisor
NEW YORK – Everytown Law, the largest group of litigators in the country dedicated to advancing gun violence prevention in the courts, today announced that…
ATF Moves to Revoke License of Gunmaker Tied to Jimenez Arms
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is revoking the federal firearms license of JA Industries, a Nevada-based gunmaker that declared bankruptcy and rebranded…
New era at ATF? Agency Shuts Down Cheap Gun Manufacturer in Win for Control Groups
The nation’s gun regulatory agency took the rare step of revoking the license of an American gun manufacturer, a win for a gun control group…
Extreme Court Decision Greenlights Polymer80 Ghost Gun Sales Nationwide — Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Mayors Against Illegal Guns Responds
Recent Everytown Analysis Found Polymer80 Was a Top Producer of Recovered Crime Guns Across 31 Cities Nationwide NEW YORK — Everytown…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY IN THE COURTS: Federal Court Upholds Ordinance Requiring Gun Stores to Provide Life-Saving Information on Gun Safety and Suicide Prevention
NEW YORK – Everytown Law, the largest group of litigators in the country dedicated to advancing gun violence prevention in the courts, announced a win…
Everytown Law Statement On Second Circuit Court Hearing Oral Arguments In Challenge To New York’s Gun Safety Law Under The Supreme Court’s Bruen Decision
On Friday, the U.S. Solicitor General Petitioned the Supreme Court to Consider and Uphold the Federal Law Keeping Guns out of the Hands…
Everytown Law Applauds Federal Court of Appeals Decision Upholding Florida’s Minimum Age Law
Everytown Law Filed Amicus Briefs in the Eleventh Circuit and District Court in Support of Florida’s Law Ruling Marks Third Legal Victory for Gun Safety…
City Of Kansas City And Everytown Law Announce Settlement Agreement With Kansas City Area Gun Store To Prevent Illegal Gun Purchases
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Today, the City of Kansas City and Everytown Law announced an agreement to settle the City’s lawsuit against a local gun…
Oregon Appeals Court Strikes Down Dangerous ‘second Amendment Sanctuary’ Ordinance That Undermines Public Safety Laws; First-Of-Its-Kind Decision Sets An Important Precedent For Similar Laws Across The Country
NEW YORK – Everytown Law announced that today, in a first-of-its-kind ruling and major setback for the “constitutional sheriffs” movement, the Oregon Court of Appeals…
‘Please hurry’: 10-year-old’s courageous 911 call the day of Uvalde shooting
ABC News — Thirty minutes into the deadly siege on her classroom in south Texas, a 10-year-old student did something extraordinary: She picked up a…
Suit settled over sale of Texas school shooter’s ammo
HOUSTON (AP) — The families of those killed and injured in a 2018 Texas high school shooting have settled a lawsuit they had filed against a Tennessee-based online retailer…
Santa Fe shooting victims’ families reach settlement with ammo company that sold bullets to gunman
HOUSTON (HPM) — Families of the victims of the Santa Fe High school shooting in 2018 have settled with an online ammunition store that sold…
Santa Fe High School Shooting victims’ families, survivors settle with ammunition seller
HOUSTON (USA TODAY) — Survivors and families of the victims of a mass shooting at a Texas high school settled a lawsuit with companies that sold and shipped ammunition…
Everytown Law Announces Settlement Agreement Between Santa Fe High School Shooting Survivors And Online Ammunition Seller Luckygunner
As Part of First-of-its-Kind Agreement, Luckygunner Will Maintain Age Verification System For All Ammunition Sales SANTA FE, Texas. — Today, Everytown Law announced that the…
Supreme Court Allows New York’s Gun Safety Law to Remain in Effect, Everytown Law Responds
NEW YORK – Everytown Law, the nation’s largest team of gun violence prevention litigators, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s order…
Uvalde mom sues police, gunmaker in school massacre
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last conversation Sandra Torres had with her 10-year-old daughter was about her nervous excitement over whether she’d make the all-star softball…
Sandra Torres, Mother Of Uvalde Shooting Victim Eliahna Torres, Sues Gun Manufacturer Daniel Defense, Gun Shop Oasis Outback, And State And Local Law Enforcement For Roles In Robb Elementary School Mass Shooting
Everytown Law Along with LM Law Group is Representing Sandra Torres, Whose 10-year-old Daughter, Eliahna Torres, was Murdered Along with Most of Her Fourth Grade…
Highland Park shooting victims say they are fighting back as they cope day by day
CHICAGO (WBEZ) — Lauren Bennett, who was shot twice, is among a group suing a gunmaker over the shooting. “Anything that could help prevent this,”…
Highland Park shooting victims, families are suing gunmaker Smith & Wesson, others
CHICAGO (WBEZ) — The nearly dozen suits, filed in Lake County, claims the shooting was “predictable and preventable.” They add to the over 100 charges…
Highland Park Fourth of July massacre: first lawsuits filed, say attack ‘predictable and preventable’
Chicago Sun Times — Families of three people killed in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade massacre and dozens who were wounded filed suit…
Everytown Law Calls on Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Manufacturer of Assault Weapon Used in Uvalde Mass Shooting for Potentially Unlawful Marketing Practices
Letter: Daniel Defense Dangerously Markets its Assault Weapons to Susceptible Teens and Young Men Everytown, Along with Brady and Fred Guttenberg,…
California Court Rules Saugus High School Shooting Survivor’s Suit Against Ghost Gun Kit Seller Can Move to Trial
Ruling Marks First Case Against Ghost Gun Kit Seller to Advance to Trial Stage LOS ANGELES – Everytown Law, the nation’s…
Everytown Law Launches New Litigation Center to Defend Gun Safety Laws
Expanded Team Will Provide Litigation Expertise and Legal Resources to State and Local Governments Defending Gun Safety Laws in Wake of Supreme Court’s Second Amendment…
Missouri Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Nullification Law to Proceed
The Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Represented by Everytown Law, Filed an Amicus Brief in Support of the ChallengeJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Everytown Law,…
Victory: Facing Lawsuit, ATF Issues Notice of License Revocation to Manufacturer Tied to Gun Trafficking
After Jimenez Arms Declared Bankruptcy Amid Lawsuits from Kansas City and Gun Violence Survivors Alleging it Repeatedly Broke Federal Firearms Law, Its Owner was Granted…
Gun Safety Groups and Advocates File Amicus Brief in Support of New York’s Landmark Gun Industry Accountability Law
Brief: Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) Expressly Allows States to Enact Statutes Regulating Sale, Marketing of Firearms Filing Comes as Gun Industry…
Texas Supreme Court Rules Online Ammunition Seller Must Face Lawsuit From Victims of Santa Fe High School Mass Shooting
Ruling Comes Days After Families of Sandy Hook School Mass Shooting Victims Reach $73 Million Settlement with Gun ManufacturerSANTA FE, Texas…
Everytown Law, Missouri Moms Demand Action Applaud Department of Justice for Taking on Missouri’s Dangerous Nullification Law
NEW YORK – Everytown Law, the largest team of litigators in the U.S. working on advancing gun violence prevention in the courts, and the Missouri chapter…
Sandy Hook Settlement Shows That Gun Industry Can – and Will – be Held Accountable for Reckless and Illegal Practices
Today, nine families of people shot and killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut announced that…
Essay: Three years ago, one of Sacramento’s working-class heroes was murdered at a library – don’t let it be in vain
Sacramento News & Review — It’s been more than three years now since my wife Amber was senselessly murdered. Three years since she was shot…
Gun Violence Prevention Groups File Amicus Brief Supporting the Mexican Government’s Lawsuit Against Members of the Gun Industry
BOSTON, MA – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Global Exchange, March for Our Lives, Newtown Action Alliance and…
Advocates For Domestic Violence Survivors Urge Missouri Supreme Court To Strike Down Unconstitutional ‘Nullification’ Law
Everytown Law Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri – In an amicus brief…
Cities sue ‘ghost gun’ parts manufacturers as homemade firearms are tied to more crimes
In San Diego, a shooting spree in April killed one man and injured four others. In Brooklyn, New York, a 17-year-old student is accused of trying to…
Cincinnati Enquirer: Ohio City Spending Thousands in Taxpayer Dollars to Defend Gun Ordinance Against Everytown Law Challenge
On Wednesday, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that the city of Lebanon, Ohio has spent tens of thousands of dollars defending an…
Ninth Circuit Upholds California’s Law Prohibiting Large-Capacity Magazines; Everytown Law Responds
NEW YORK – Everytown Law, the litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, today released the following statement after the U.S. Court of…
New: Judge Rejects Ohio City’s Bid to Dismiss Suit Over Ordinance Permitting Hidden, Loaded Handguns in City Council Meetings
LEBANON, Ohio — A state judge has rejected the city of Lebanon, Ohio’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a 2020…
Supreme Court Reporters: Justices’ Questions Suggest Hesitation About Issuing a Broad Ruling on Guns
In the coverage of Wednesday’s oral argument in NYSRPA v. Bruen, a number of journalists covering the Supreme Court noted that some of the justices’…
Everytown Law Statement on Oral Argument in Major Second Amendment Case
WASHINGTON – Everytown Law, the litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court heard…
Justices barreling into gun rights standoff have little precedent to guide them
WASHINGTON (CN) — Over a decade since it last waded into the issue, the conservative-majority Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday in a…
The two newest Supreme Court justices could redraw the road map for the Second Amendment in courts
(CNN) The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that could broaden gun rights nationwide and transform how the Second Amendment is interpreted in…
In battle at Supreme Court over N.Y. gun law, a surprising split among conservatives
(Washington Post) When the Supreme Court first declared an individual right to gun ownership more than a decade ago, the court’s conservative majority relied on…
New York judge’s gun permit denials trigger big Supreme Court case
TROY, N.Y., Oct 28 (Reuters) – Justice Richard McNally Jr., a New York state trial court judge, knows he has a reputation among gun enthusiasts…