More than a dozen US states have sided with the Mexican government in its lawsuit against US gun manufacturers where it accuses them of being liable for a rise in gun violence in the nation.A coalition of 14 attorneys general, from 13 Democratic states and Washington DC, filed a brief with the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts this week arguing that gunmakers are not shielded from responsibility over where their firearms wind up. Last August, the Mexican government sued some of

“ It was about damages in the sense of forcing change.... 14, 2012, shooting that left 20 elementary school students and six teachers dead, argued in a lawsuit that the gun maker violated state consumer law.... But the state high court reinstated the case....

But we see little evidence that enforcement is looming," wrote Judge Stephanos Bibas, a former President Trump appointee. New Jersey Gov.... Phil Murphy speaks during the 2023 State of the State Address at the New Jersey State House in Trenton, New Jersey, on Tuesday, Jan.... Murphy signed the" public nuisance" law in 2022 in response to several mass shootings and the landmark Supreme Court decision that broadly expanded gun rights....