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Parents of 2016 shooting victim awarded $4 million in wrongful death lawsuit
Source: TAMMY LJUNGBLAD [email protected] The parents of a Kansas City man who was killed in a 2016 shooting were awarded $4 million in damages in a…
Houston church, coffee shops challenge state’s ‘no-guns-allowed’ signs
Source: Melissa Phillip, Staff / Houston Chronicle A Houston church and two area businesses are challenging a state law that requires private businesses to display…
Parents of slain Santa Fe exchange student Sabika Sheikh start Pakistan foundation in her name
Source: Houston Chronicle HOUSTON, TX – More than two years after the Santa Fe High School shooting, the family of a Pakistani exchange student killed…
Father of School Shooting Victim Takes On Smith & Wesson
Source: New York Times The father of a mass shooting victim and two gun safety groups petitioned the federal government on Sunday to stop the…
Court orders Madison Schools to stop arming staff without increased training
Teacher near blackboard with a gun. Self-defense in the classroom. The problem of safety in school conception. Vector illustration. MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — A judge has…
Ohio Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to “Using Guns While Drunk” Law
The Ohio Supreme Court will test the old adage that guns and alcohol don’t mix. The justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments this week,…
Dealer Who Sold Weapon Used in Killing to Stop Selling Guns
A firearms dealer who sold a weapon used in deadly Kansas City shooting has agreed to stop selling guns as part of a settlement with…
Gun dealer must shut down in lawsuit settlement with parents of Kansas City homicide victim
A settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by the parents of a Kansas City man killed in a 2016 shooting will require the gun dealer…
Daily Dicta: With a Growing Team of Big Law Alums, Everytown Law Takes Aim at the Firearms Industry
Over the past three years, the gun safety advocacy group Everytown Law has been building a formidable in-house team, growing from one lawyer to…
Are The Courts Open To More Lawsuits Against Gunmakers?
Kansas City Will Soon Find Out. While some cities such as Los Angeles and New York have seen a long downward trend in gun violence,…
Everytown Law and Kansas City’s Lawsuit Over Weapons Trafficking
Mayor Lucas announces lawsuit seeking accountability for gun trafficking in Kansas City SOURCE: KCTV5 KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Kansas City is taking on gunmakers…
Dangerous consequences possible for Second Amendment sanctuaries
The law enforcement officials in Nevada and elsewhere who are embracing the concept of Second Amendment sanctuaries claim to be protecting citizens’ rights and upholding…
US Supreme Court weighs into gun control debate
Activists on both sides of the gun control debate are nervously awaiting the first US Supreme Court decision on a firearms case in a decade.
‘Ghost guns’ need to be brought out of the shadows
California has some of the nation’s most stringent gun restrictions, including a law requiring people who build their own firearms from parts to apply for…
Everytown Is Going After the ATF for Not Regulating Untraceable ‘Ghost Guns’
The gun control advocacy group wants to know why ATF won’t crack down on the DIY gun kits that they used to regulate.
Bronx man, battling own legal woes, brings gun rights case to U.S. Supreme Court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two weeks before Efrain Alvarez and his attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a New York…
Supreme Court allows families of Sandy Hook shooting victims to sue gunmaker Remington
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a request from the gun industry intended to block a lawsuit from families of the Sandy Hook Elementary…
‘Ghost Guns’ Are Untraceable, Easy to Make, More Prevalent
For a few hundred dollars, tools and some elbow grease, you can make your own rifle or handgun. It’s all perfectly legal — and it…
Education, Other Advocacy Groups Chime In on N.Y.C. Gun Case in Supreme Court
Advocacy groups that emerged from mass school shootings in recent years are seizing an opportunity to urge the U.S. Supreme Court not to broaden the…
The Supreme Court Is Poised To Send A Major Signal On Gun Control
The U.S. Supreme Court will examine gun rights for the first time in nearly a decade on Monday when it hears arguments in a case…
Judge Strikes Down Gun Laws Enacted in Wake of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre
A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday struck down three gun control ordinances enacted by the City of Pittsburgh after the mass shooting at the Tree of…
Court Rejects Edmonds Safe Gun Storage Law, Leaves Intact Fines for Unauthorized Possession
In the latest round of legal actions over Edmonds’ safe gun storage law, Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Anita Farris ruled on Friday that while…
Fight over training in Madison schools armed staff case going to the next level
BUTLER COUNTY — The school safety gun debate is going to the next level in Butler County now that the 12th District Court of Appeals…
Judge says you can’t punish local officials for deciding about guns in their communities. It’s a start.
Florida towns scored when a Tallahassee judge ruled elected officials can’t be fined and fired for enacting gun rules that suit their residents. Sue Carlton…