Just Take Their Guns : Can Gun Makers Be Liable in Mass Shootings?
Just Take Their Guns

Just Take Their Guns

... and be done with it!

Just Take Their Guns

... and be done with it.

 

Can Gun Makers Be Liable in Mass Shootings?

almost 2 years ago

Gun manufacturers were granted broad immunity from lawsuits over gun crimes by a 2005 act of Congress. But three recent legal developments may allow plaintiffs in some states to successfully sue gun makers, like plaintiffs in the Sandy Hook case who won a $73 million settlement, says South Texas College of Law Houston professor Dru Stevenson. He details these developments referencing a recent Brooklyn lawsuit.

Gun manufacturers were granted broad immunity from lawsuits over gun crimes by a 2005 act of Congress. But three recent legal developments may allow plaintiffs in some states to successfully sue gun makers, like plaintiffs in the Sandy Hook case who won a $73 million settlement, says South Texas College of Law Houston professor Dru Stevenson. He details these developments referencing a recent Brooklyn lawsuit.