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Gary, Indiana, case dismissed per Ruger PR
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From Ruger's news page:
COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMS DISMISSAL OF GARY, INDIANA'S LAWSUIT AGAINST FIREARMS MANUFACTURERS
SOUTHPORT, CT - September 23, 2002 - Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR), the nation's largest firearms manufacturer, is pleased to announce that on Friday, September 20, 2002, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the January 12, 2001 dismissal of the City of Gary's complaint as to all firearms manufacturers on all counts, including allegations of public nuisance, negligent distribution and marketing, failure to warn, and negligent design.
It reversed the dismissal of the case only against three local retail dealers based upon specific allegations made by the city against these three dealers of knowing and intentional illegal sales. The city must now attempt to prove these claims of alleged criminal activity by the dealers.
The Court of Appeals held that the lawful sale of firearms pursuant to state law, and the heavy regulation of firearms distribution, precludes the city's "public nuisance" claim. It also dismissed the city's claim of negligence as to all manufacturer defendants, based upon established principles of law and the right of individuals to lawfully own firearms as recognized by the Indiana Constitution.
In dismissing all firearm manufacturers from the case, the court quoted from an opinion which held that "(public) nuisance always arises from unlawful acts, consequently that which is lawful cannot be regarded in a legal sense as a public nuisance". It also stated that none of the manufacturers "have close relationships with the city", nor do they owe "a duty of care to the city. Absent a duty, there can be no negligence".
Sturm, Ruger is the nation's leading manufacturer of high-quality firearms for recreation and law enforcement, and a major producer of precision steel and titanium investment castings components for consumer industries. Sturm, Ruger is headquartered in Southport, CT, with plants and foundries located in Newport, NH and Prescott, AZ.
STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.
"Arms Makers for Responsible Citizens"
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"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMS DISMISSAL OF GARY, INDIANA'S LAWSUIT AGAINST FIREARMS MANUFACTURERS
SOUTHPORT, CT - September 23, 2002 - Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR), the nation's largest firearms manufacturer, is pleased to announce that on Friday, September 20, 2002, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the January 12, 2001 dismissal of the City of Gary's complaint as to all firearms manufacturers on all counts, including allegations of public nuisance, negligent distribution and marketing, failure to warn, and negligent design.
It reversed the dismissal of the case only against three local retail dealers based upon specific allegations made by the city against these three dealers of knowing and intentional illegal sales. The city must now attempt to prove these claims of alleged criminal activity by the dealers.
The Court of Appeals held that the lawful sale of firearms pursuant to state law, and the heavy regulation of firearms distribution, precludes the city's "public nuisance" claim. It also dismissed the city's claim of negligence as to all manufacturer defendants, based upon established principles of law and the right of individuals to lawfully own firearms as recognized by the Indiana Constitution.
In dismissing all firearm manufacturers from the case, the court quoted from an opinion which held that "(public) nuisance always arises from unlawful acts, consequently that which is lawful cannot be regarded in a legal sense as a public nuisance". It also stated that none of the manufacturers "have close relationships with the city", nor do they owe "a duty of care to the city. Absent a duty, there can be no negligence".
Sturm, Ruger is the nation's leading manufacturer of high-quality firearms for recreation and law enforcement, and a major producer of precision steel and titanium investment castings components for consumer industries. Sturm, Ruger is headquartered in Southport, CT, with plants and foundries located in Newport, NH and Prescott, AZ.
STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.
"Arms Makers for Responsible Citizens"
- Life NRA Member
"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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