US District Judge Mae D'Agostino -- a Barack Obama appointee for the Northern District of New York -- rejected the arguments that the challengers had made that the state law violated the US Constitution.Supreme Court may soon loosen gun laws as nation reels from massacresThe judge concluded that the New York law did not preempt a 2005 federal law limiting the liability gun manufacturers and dealers can face.
An executive for a firearms trade association that was challenging the New York law said that the group was"disappointed" by the ruling.Read More"We respectfully disagree with the court's decision and plan to appeal this decision," Lawrence G. Keane, National Shooting Sports Foundation senior vice president and general counsel, said in a statement.