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Sunday, May 04, 2008

NYC Gun Suit Blocked

A federal appeals court blocked a NYC lawsuit claiming gun dealers recklessly sell guns in such a way that they are used for illegal purposes and threaten the safety of the general public. Though the city claimed the litigation brings in criminal nuisance law, the court held such a general regulation is not enough to be an exception to a recent federal law that blocks such litigation. This is very well might be a good statutory interpretation, though there was a dissent (and the district court held otherwise), but is a questionable use of federal policy to block state laboratories dealing with such litigation, which surely has not been shown to be such a threat to the gun industry (or an unreasonable one) to warrant blocking even pending litigation.