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Law School’s Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic Partners on Suit Against Online “Ghost Gun” Seller
The Law School’s Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic is working with the group Everytown for Gun Safety on a lawsuit filed against the seller of a “ghost…
Michigan Man Who Was Accidently Shot in Face with Ghost Gun Sues Manufacturer and Former Friend
Michigan (WaPo) – A 19-year-old Michigan man who lost his right eye after being shot with a firearm made from a ghost gun kit filed…
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 —…
Editorial: Rest in Infamy, Westforth Sports Gun Store. We’re Glad to See You Go.
Chicago, IL (Chicago Tribune) – Goodbye, Westforth Sports of Gary, Indiana. Good riddance to an arms dealer whose careless practices resulted in hundreds of guns…
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…
City of Philadelphia Announces Lawsuit Against Gun Shops That Facilitate Illegal Straw Purchasing of Firearms
The lawsuit alleges that several firearms vendors have engaged in illegal straw purchasing transactions which have supplied Philadelphia’s crime gun market and perpetuated gun violence…
Philly Is Suing Three Local Gun Stores for Allegedly Selling Firearms to ‘Straw Purchasers’
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Inquirer) – Philadelphia is suing three local gun shops that city officials allege have knowingly sold…
Philadelphia Sues Gun Vendors It Alleges Engaged in Straw Purchases
Philadelphia, PA (CBS) – Philadelphia is suing several firearms vendors it claims “recklessly and repeatedly engaged” in straw purchasing transactions, the city said Tuesday. The…
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…
ATF Moves to Revoke License of Gunmaker Tied to Jimenez Arms
(The Trace) – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is revoking the federal firearms license of JA Industries, a Nevada-based gunmaker that declared…
New Era at ATF? Agency Shuts Down Cheap Gun Manufacturer in Win for Control Groups
(USA Today) – The nation’s gun regulatory agency took the rare step of revoking the license of an American gun manufacturer, a win for a…
‘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…