Early Christmas Gift: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Against Gun Maker
12:05am Wednesday, December 23, 2009
On Monday, December 14, the U.S. Supreme Court handed Beretta U.S.A. and the firearms industry another victory by rejecting the Brady Center's appeal of Adames v. Beretta U.S.A. Corporation challenging the constitutionality of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). The PLCAA is the 2005 federal law passed by Congress in response to the flood of reckless lawsuits brought by the...