The gun industry's PLCAA armor is further cracked by a new two-fer!

[AndyS]

Not long ago I posted about the Sandy Hook Lawsuit against Remington in the deaths of 20 first grade children and six of their teachers. The post was about a legal victory against the gun industry and how others are using the same legal tactic; going after gun makers for the way they market their deadly product. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215687099

Two other suits are pending!

Victims of a 2014 Dayton, Ohio mass shooting are suing the manufacturer of the 100 round drum magazine that allowed the shooter to fire 41 times in 32 seconds killing 9 and wounding 17 others. Citing negligent entrustment and public nuisance in the suit they claim that :

The company made and sold 100-round magazines fully aware they “have no or negligible utility for lawful uses of firearms but pose a tremendous risk to public safety because they are extremely effective and attractive for use in unlawful mass shootings,”

https://www.wlwt.com/article/relatives-of-dayton-shooting-victims-sue-gun-magazine-maker/37215635

In another lawsuit a federal judge dismissed an appeal by Smith and Wesson in the case against them by the NJ AG in the marketing of their guns for self defense. The AG is suing the gun maker for marketing their guns as necessary for home defense and personal defense without grounds to show that the guns do either. U.S. District Judge Julien Neals rejected the attempt to move the trail to federal court without exhausting state court appeals. Typically state courts are less sympathetic than federal courts in such cases. https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-dismisses-gunmakers-suit-over-new-jersey-ags-subpoena/

So please join me in offering heartfelt and tearful thanks to the Sandy Hook parents who have used their pain and grief to power them forward in the fight to find justice for their children and all others who have had lives taken or ruined by the gun industry in their pursuit of profit.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. The gun industry's armor has a couple of larger cracks today!

These two lawsuits will help bring them and their ugly methods down.

Thanks for posting this great news, AndyS!