Gun Policy News
Families of Shooting Victims Aim Lawsuit at Gun Makers
24 December 1998
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The firearms industry, which has defeated claims that it has made defective guns and makes an inherently dangerous object, next month will have to answer a new legal challenge: that it negligently markets a legal product.
The class-action liability suit, based on the legal approach that proved very effective against Big Tobacco, was brought in 1995 by the families of seven shooting victims who are seeking unspecified damages.
When the case goes before a... (GunPolicy.org)