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Gun companies are challenging a NY law that allows people to sue them

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Gun companies are challenging a NY law that allows people to sue them

Gun industry lawyers went to court on Friday to challenge a New York law that allows people to sue firearm manufacturers for contributing to gun violence.that the federal law, passed in 2005, is a major roadblock to holding gun companies accountable for the damage their products do.

“I don’t think that’s what Congress had in mind,” Matthew Rowen, an attorney representing the gun industry, told a panel of judges from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.the gun industry’s lawsuit last year, but the plaintiffs appealed. A panel of judges will now decide whether New York’s law is legal.

“It’s just a fact of life that consumers, whether they are law-abiding or not, misuse products,” Rowen said.

 

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