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[Withergyld]

"NEWTOWN, CT. -- New Jersey Federal Court Judge Jerome B. Simandle dismissed Camden County, New Jersey's lawsuit against the firearms industry on December 5, finding that the County had no standing to sue because it could not show that the firearm manufacturers' distribution and sale of legal, non-defective products in compliance with extensive federal and state laws and regulations caused a public nuisance or caused the County to incur governmental costs to prevent, prosecute and punish gun crimes."
http://www.nssf.org/releases/camden.htm

OR

A D.C. Superior Court judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the D.C. government and victims of gun violence against the nation's major firearms makers and distributors, dealing a blow to city officials and gun control advocates.

"In the first case of its kind in the District, Judge Cheryl M. Long ruled that the lawsuit was so fundamentally flawed and unpersuasive that it failed to meet the standard for moving forward. The judge tossed out claims to hold the gun industry accountable as a "public nuisance" and rejected the D.C. government's argument that it was entitled to be reimbursed for police work, Medicaid costs and other expenses related to gun violence."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A64504-2002Dec16¬Found=true

OR

"The City of New Orleans continues to set precedents when it comes to reckless lawsuits designed to bankrupt the nation's gun manufacturers—but most are not the kind its mayor hoped for. New Orleans was the first city to file a reckless lawsuit against the firearms industry, under the orders of anti-gun Mayor Marc Morial (D), setting the stage for more than two dozen that followed. The New Orleans suit, however, was also the first to be rejected by a state supreme court earlier this year. And on Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States let stand the April 3 ruling by the Louisiana Supreme Court, making the New Orleans suit the first of its kind to be rejected by the highest court in the land."
http://www.nra.org/frame.cfm?title=NRA%20Institute%20for%20Legislative%20Action&url=http://www.nraila.org

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