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Chicago expands historic lawsuit against Glock to go after parent company, local retailers
Chicago, IL (FOX 32) — The City of Chicago expanded its “first-of-its-kind” lawsuit against Glock to include the gun manufacturer’s parent company and two Chicago-area gun retailers. The lawsuit, filed…
Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Filed in Connection to Tops Mass Shooting
Buffalo, NY (2WGRZ) – There’s new information about a lawsuit filed by some of the family members of the Tops shooting victims.
Chicago Suing Gunmaker Glock for Selling Easily Convertible Weapons
Chicago, IL (Independent) — The City of Chicago is suing gun manufacturer Glock after law enforcement found more than a thousand firearms which had been converted into…
Chicago Sues Gunmaker Glock Over Conversions to Machine Guns
Chicago, IL (NBC 5) — The city of Chicago has sued Glock Inc., alleging the handgun manufacturer is facilitating the proliferation of illegal machine guns…
City Sues Gunmaker Glock Alleging Design Flaw that Allows Pistols to be Converted to Automatic
Chicago, IL (Chicago Tribune) — The city of Chicago has sued Glock, one of the largest firearms manufacturers in the world, accusing the gunmaker of…
Chicago Sues Glock Over Switch that Converts Pistols to Machine Guns
Chicago, IL (Washington Post) — A small switch that can be bought for as little as $20 or even 3D printed at home can convert…
Michigan Shooting Survivor Files Lawsuit Against Company That Sells Ghost Guns
Detroit, MI (CBS Detroit) — All it took was a credit card and the internet for Guy Boyd’s life to change forever. Boyd’s friend bought…
Michigan Shooting Survivor Sues After Former Friend Shot Him In Face With Ghost Gun
Detroit, MI (Detroit Free Press) — Guy Boyd said he had never heard of a ghost gun — a homemade gun made from parts —…
Baltimore Sues A.T.F. Over Access to Gun Data
Baltimore, MD (New York Times) – The City of Baltimore is suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for blocking access to data…
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott Sues ATF for Gun Crime Data; Two-Decade-Old Law Is in the Way
Baltimore, MD (WYPR) — Baltimore City is suing the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to gain access to certain gun crime…
Baltimore Wants to Know Where Guns Used in Crimes Come From. It’s Suing the ATF to Get the Data.
Baltimore, MD (The Baltimore Banner) — Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is suing the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for data about where…
Baltimore Sues ATF Over Gun Data Denied in Public Information Request
Baltimore, MD (The Baltimore Sun) — Baltimore is suing the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arguing the agency should release data to…
Baltimore City Suing ATF Over Improper Denial of Gun Crime Data
Baltimore, MD (WJZ) — Baltimore City has filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), alleging that the agency improperly…
The Volunteer Moms Poring Over Archives to Prove Clarence Thomas Wrong
In 2018, after a teenage gunman murdered 14 students and three faculty members at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Jennifer Birch, fearing for the…
Attorneys for Survivors of Buffalo Shooting and Family of Victim File Lawsuits Against Shooter’s Parents, Gun Companies and Social Media Companies
Buffalo, NY (CNN) – Attorneys representing survivors and a family member of one of the victims who died in the racist mass…
Buffalo Mass Shooting Witnesses Sue Gun Industry, Others for Trauma
Buffalo, NY (WaPo) – In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, survivors of last year’s Buffalo mass shooting alleged that members of the gun industry,…
Buffalo Shooting Witnesses File Lawsuit Over Trauma They Endured
Buffalo, NY (PBS) – Last year, a white gunman killed ten people in a racist shooting at a grocery store in a predominantly Black area…
Witnesses of Buffalo Mass Shooting File Rare Lawsuit Against Social Media and Gun Companies
16 people who witnessed a gunman open fire at a Tops grocery store–but avoided critical injuries–sued Tuesday over the trauma they endured. In a rare…
Teens Buying Ghost Guns Online, with Deadly Consequences
Springfield, VA (WaPo) – The families of the two teens, with the help of the anti-gun-violence group Everytown for Gun Safety, are now suing the…
LAPD Found 700 ‘Ghost Guns’ — Now It Is Getting $5 Million
California (LA Times) – In 2020, over the course of numerous investigations, the Los Angeles Police Department recovered more than 700 “ghost guns” — weapons…
L.A. City Attorney Wins $5M Settlement From Biggest U.S. Ghost Gun Manufacturer
California (LA Daily News) – The nation’s largest manufacturer of ghost gun kits must pay millions of dollars in penalties and must conduct customer background…
Two Children, a Burst of Gunfire and the Year That Came After
Uvalde, TX (NYT) – The better part of a year had elapsed since a gunman entered the classroom where Noah Orona and Mayah Zamora were…
‘Please Hurry’: 10-Year-Old’s Courageous 911 Call the Day of Uvalde Shooting
Texas (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…
Suit Settled Over Sale of Texas School Shooter’s Ammo
Houston, TX (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…