Posted on 03/08/2003 12:08:14 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:01:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A California judge yesterday dismissed 12 municipalities' assertions that gun manufacturers are liable for gun violence, delivering a solid victory to the firearms industry.
Gun-control advocates vowed to appeal Judge Vincent P. DiFiglia's ruling from the bench, in which he said gun manufacturers could not be sued to recover the costs associated with how criminals use firearms.
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