Connecticut would become the tenth state to allow individuals and municipalities to sue gun makers and state gun dealers.
At a six-hour hearing before the Connecticut legislature’s Judiciary Committee, legislators and advocates debated whether gun manufacturers and retailers should be held responsible for harm done ...
It seeks some $10 billion in damages from U.S. gun makers. The dispute comes before the justices at a time of heightened tension between the two countries as the Trump administration leans on ...
HARTFORD — Connecticut could become the 10th state to allow civil court action against firearms makers and dealers and ... supported Wednesday by gun safety advocates and opposed by the industry.
Connecticut may allow civil lawsuits against gun makers and dealers if a firearm they sold is used in a crime. Local gun dealers opposed the bill during a Judiciary Committee public hearing on ...
But Mexico blames the United States and its gun makers for arming the drug cartels with high-powered, military-style rifles that cross the border from the north. “Mexico has one gun store in the ...
They appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that let the lawsuit move forward even though U.S. law largely shields gun makers from lawsuits.Depending on how the court rules ...
The gun makers reject those claims. They appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that let the lawsuit move forward even though U.S. law largely shields gun makers from lawsuits.
Both liberal and conservative justices appeared skeptical that the claims could clear hurdles in U.S. law that largely shield gun makers from lawsuits when their products are used in crime.
By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Tuesday that the Mexican government could legally sue U.S. gun makers over claims that they share the blame for ...