The shootings in Missouri today are another clarion call: every state in the U.S. can and should enact statutes to ground civil suits against irresponsible #gun manufacturers and sellers. The gun industry is fighting these statutes in court. I explain and defend the desirability, lawfulness, and constitutionality of such statutes in this article, forthcoming in Yale Law Journal Forum. Neither #PLCAA nor the #SecondAmendment invalidate these laws. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dw3rMKXX1DlHKa9GXk1bojxSgYUxsP8r/view?usp=drivesdk #LawFedi #KansasCity
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Inside the Historic #Lawsuit That the Gun Industry and #Republicans Are on the Verge of Killing
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For 25 years, gunmakers have repeatedly tried to end one city’s lawsuit over illegal #gun sales.
Meanwhile, illicit purchases of #firearms continued at an unrelenting and hazardous pace.
#News #Indiana #Chicago #Crime #CriminalJustice #GOP #Guns #Law
👏🏻👏🏻“Sale of firearms on internet & at gun shows in US will in future be subj to mandatory #BackgroundChecks, DOJ said as it announced a “historic” new action to keep weapons out of hands of criminals.
The closing of the so-called #gun show loophole, which exempts private transactions from restrictions that apply to licensed dealers, has long been a goal of the Biden admin & is specifically targeted …” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/11/gun-show-internet-sale-mandatory-background-check?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Historic #Gun Suit Survives Serious Legal Threat Engineered by #Indiana #Republicans
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A judge ruled that a law passed by Indiana’s #GOP supermajority that tried to retroactively prevent cities from suing gun manufacturers goes too far.
The decision allows one city’s decadeslong suit against gunmakers to continue.
#news #Guns #Courts #Law #Midwest #Crime #CriminalJustice #Business #Government #Politics
https://www.propublica.org/article/gary-indiana-lawsuit-guns-gunmakers-gop-glock-smith-wesson
NEW: Gun-Makers Gave Sensitive Customer Information to #Political Operatives
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At least 10 #gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.
A bunch of friends have spammed me this this morning claiming proof of my Norwegian-ness. I have NO idea how to use a #gun. None. I don't even know where you buy one. When I got in trouble the judge is like "you can never own a gun" I'm like "okay?" "You know what that is?" Hmm...no. And the baliff pulls out his gun and says "One of these". I'm like I don't even know what that is. Do they sell them at 7-11? I'm a TERRIBLE fucking American.
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