A state legislator wants Utah to keep its hands clean of lawsuits seeking to hold firearms manufacturers liable for gun violence. State Rep. Matthew Throckmorton is drafting a bill to block any state agencies or local governments from joining the spate of recent lawsuits that blame gun companies for the financial and human havoc linked to their products. "[The lawsuits are] a roundabout way of trying to shut down gun manufacturers," said the Springville Republican,... (GunPolicy.org)