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I cought this on the radio on my way to work.
I am sure there is a better news source out there. This is the one I cam carost first with the info.
http://www.post-trib.com/news/626264,gunsuit.article
Gary wins appeal in gun sales case
October 30, 2007
By DIANE KRIEGER SPIVAK Post-Tribune Staff Writer
Introduction
The ruling will allow the city to continue its quest to make gun manufacturers liable for selling guns to criminals.
The ruling may have national implications, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence says.
The lawsuit names 16 firearms manufacturers.
A 1998 sting operation showed that six northern Indiana gun dealers provided more than 60 percent of the crime guns recovered in Gary.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The city of Gary won an appeal Monday to allow its quest to make gun manufacturers liable for selling guns to criminals.
The ruling in the Indiana Court of Appeals could have national implications, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence said.
The lawsuit names 16 firearms manufacturers.
Washington, D.C.-based attorney Brian Siebel, representing the city of Gary, said the manufacturers knowingly violated an Indiana public nuisance statute.
"Now we have to go to trial to prove it," Siebel told the Post-Tribune on Monday.
The ruling stems from a suit by Gary that resulted from a sting operation in 1998 that revealed that six northern Indiana gun dealers provided more than 60 percent of the crime guns recovered in Gary, Siebel said.
Some dealers were in the top 20 dealers in the United States selling crime guns.
"This is the first appellate court in the nation to rule on the scope of the federal gun industry shield law," Peter Hamm, representing the Brady Center.
Foundation senior vice president and general counsel Lawrence G. Keane said the Indiana Court misread federal law in making its decision, specifically the "shield law," the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act," passed in 2005.
"Gary's lawsuit seeks to blame manufacturers for the actions of criminals who misuse firearms," Keane said. "It is like blaming car makers for drunk driving accidents.
"We look forward to the Indiana Supreme Court reviewing this case, so it can correct the lower court's error," Keane said.
Contact Diane Krieger Spivak at 648-3076 or [email protected]
I am sure there is a better news source out there. This is the one I cam carost first with the info.
http://www.post-trib.com/news/626264,gunsuit.article
Gary wins appeal in gun sales case
October 30, 2007
By DIANE KRIEGER SPIVAK Post-Tribune Staff Writer
Introduction
The ruling will allow the city to continue its quest to make gun manufacturers liable for selling guns to criminals.
The ruling may have national implications, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence says.
The lawsuit names 16 firearms manufacturers.
A 1998 sting operation showed that six northern Indiana gun dealers provided more than 60 percent of the crime guns recovered in Gary.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The city of Gary won an appeal Monday to allow its quest to make gun manufacturers liable for selling guns to criminals.
The ruling in the Indiana Court of Appeals could have national implications, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence said.
The lawsuit names 16 firearms manufacturers.
Washington, D.C.-based attorney Brian Siebel, representing the city of Gary, said the manufacturers knowingly violated an Indiana public nuisance statute.
"Now we have to go to trial to prove it," Siebel told the Post-Tribune on Monday.
The ruling stems from a suit by Gary that resulted from a sting operation in 1998 that revealed that six northern Indiana gun dealers provided more than 60 percent of the crime guns recovered in Gary, Siebel said.
Some dealers were in the top 20 dealers in the United States selling crime guns.
"This is the first appellate court in the nation to rule on the scope of the federal gun industry shield law," Peter Hamm, representing the Brady Center.
Foundation senior vice president and general counsel Lawrence G. Keane said the Indiana Court misread federal law in making its decision, specifically the "shield law," the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act," passed in 2005.
"Gary's lawsuit seeks to blame manufacturers for the actions of criminals who misuse firearms," Keane said. "It is like blaming car makers for drunk driving accidents.
"We look forward to the Indiana Supreme Court reviewing this case, so it can correct the lower court's error," Keane said.
Contact Diane Krieger Spivak at 648-3076 or [email protected]
