jsalcedo
June 26, 2003, 07:07 AM
NEW YORK -- A Manhattan appeals court Tuesday affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit in which the state accused gun makers of knowingly contributing to the "flood of illegal guns"
in New York that result in injuries or death.
....
York, finding the state's case failed to link the gun industry
directly to the public nuisance, wrote, "it is obvious that the
parties most directly responsible for the unlawful use of
handguns are the individuals who unlawfully use them."
"We agree and affirm," the appeals judges wrote.
They said the defendants were engaged in "the lawful
manufacture, marketing and sale of a defect-free product in a
highly regulated activity far removed from the downstream,
unlawful use of handguns."
Full story:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--gunlawsuit0624jun24,0,1023471.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
in New York that result in injuries or death.
....
York, finding the state's case failed to link the gun industry
directly to the public nuisance, wrote, "it is obvious that the
parties most directly responsible for the unlawful use of
handguns are the individuals who unlawfully use them."
"We agree and affirm," the appeals judges wrote.
They said the defendants were engaged in "the lawful
manufacture, marketing and sale of a defect-free product in a
highly regulated activity far removed from the downstream,
unlawful use of handguns."
Full story:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--gunlawsuit0624jun24,0,1023471.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire