NEWTOWN, Conn., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The judge hearing Wilmington, Delaware's lawsuit against the firearm industry today granted the industry's request for a summary judgment. In dismissing the suit, Judge Fred S. Silverman wrote in his decision, "Handgun violence is a scourge. But as much as the court would support efforts to reduce the problem, the court will not twist a jury trial involving municipal costs into a wildly expensive referendum on handgun control. The Mayor and the City must find another means to their ends." Mayor James M. Baker and the city argued that Wilmington incurred law enforcement and...
