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"Claims against gunmaker Glock dismissed"

"Claims against gunmaker Glock dismissed": Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "A federal appeals court dismissed damage claims against gun manufacturers Monday by the victims of a white supremacist's shooting rampage in the San Fernando Valley, saying a 2005 federal law backed by the firearms industry bars such lawsuits. In a 2-1 ruling, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Congress had the case in mind when it passed the law. Lawmakers did not violate the rights of victims of the 1999 shootings by limiting their right to sue federally licensed gunmakers and dealers for criminals' actions, the court said."

My earlier coverage of yesterday's Ninth Circuit ruling appears here and here.

Full post as published by How Appealing on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).