Hopefully the courts keep tossing out these frivolous lawsuits against the gun industries.

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Appeals court tosses out NYC lawsuit against gun industry
NEW YORK – A federal appeals court Wednesday tossed out New York City's lawsuit accusing the gun industry of selling firearms with the knowledge they can be diverted into illegal markets.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a federal law provides the gun industry with broad immunity from lawsuits brought by crime victims and violence-plagued cities. A federal judge had allowed the lawsuit to proceed, though it had not yet reached trial.

New York is one of several cities that had sued gun makers. It said the industry violated public nuisance law by failing to take reasonable steps to stop widespread access to illegal firearms.

The lawsuit asked for no monetary damages. It had sought a court order for gun makers to more closely monitor those dealers who frequently sell guns later used to commit crimes.

“I am disappointed in the court's decision,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “Regardless of this ruling, we will continue our fight against illegal guns full bore – in the courtrooms, on the streets and in the Congress.”

City Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo said his office “is analyzing the decision” before deciding whether to appeal.

Lawrence G. Keane, a lawyer for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearms industry trade association, called the ruling “very gratifying to members of the firearms industry.”

He said Congress “understood that frivolous lawsuits like New York City's defied common sense and represented a clear abuse of the judicial system that threatened to bankrupt a responsible and law-abiding industry.”

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AND this is one of theose instances where the makers of the lawsuit should be forced to py the court costs of the people they sued for such a waste of time...

Make them think twice about pulling a stunt like this again...

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You can believe this will be brought up again and again. There are people who really believe it's the gun manufacturer's fault! And if we get a Democratic prez likely to appoint liberal judges, and we already have a Democratic congress, the issue might be pushed far enough to the left to see fruition.

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And what's even more sad is that it will take ONE judge to see it that way and all of the other cities will run to that case and cry precedence...

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