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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…
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…
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…
Victims of Highland Park Shooting Sue Gun Maker and Retailers
The New York Times — Survivors and families of victims of the Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, Ill., have filed lawsuits against Smith…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The influx of guns is ‘ground zero for violence’ at the end of a bloody summer in Chicago
(CNN) — 1,606 people were shot in a single three-month summer period in Chicago. That’s the population equivalent to many American small towns.
Gun manufacturers quietly target young boys using social media
Companies like Smith & Wesson have “influencers” and “sponsored shooters” to connect more with younger audiences. Read the article…
Mass shooting survivor testifies in new lawsuit looking to overturn Stand Your Ground
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF)–State lawmakers and the NAACP filed a new lawsuit saying the Stand Your Ground law is unconstitutional because of how it was passed.
NAACP, Democrats file lawsuit over new “stand your ground” law
Two Democratic lawmakers and the NAACP filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to overturn a recently passed “stand your ground” law, which removes Ohioans’ legal duty…
Ohio’s “Stand Your Ground” law challenged as unconstitutional
The Ohio State Conference of the NAACP, State Senator Cecil Thomas, State Representative Stephanie Howse and the Ohio Organizing Collaborative today filed what may be…
Democrats, NAACP sue over Ohio stand-your-ground gun bill
CLEVELAND (AP) — Lawmakers in Ohio’s Republican-dominated Legislature violated the state constitution when they added and approved a last-minute provision that eliminated gun owners’ duty…
LA deputies shot in ambush sue ‘ghost gun’ kit maker
LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies badly wounded in an ambush shooting last year sued a Nevada company Monday for making the…
LA deputies shot in ambush sue ‘ghost gun’ kit maker
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies badly wounded in an ambush shooting last year sued a Nevada company Monday for making…
Everytown is starting to fund lawsuits designed to curb gun violence
(Fast Company) – Gun reform advocacy group, Everytown For Gun Safety, has announced the rollout of a fund to support…
Everytown launches legal fund to support anti-gun violence lawsuits
(The Hill) – Everytown for Gun Safety on Wednesday announced the launch of a litigation fund aimed at supporting legal claims by survivors of gun…