Inc. The issue before the court is whether or not to allow the case, originally dismissed by a lower court four years ago, to be reinstated and again go to trial. The allegations against Navigar argue that the company's manufacturing and advertising of its TEC-DC9 semiautomatic pistols were responsible for a 1993 shooting spree in a San Francisco law firm. The firearms involved in the shootings were legally manufactured and subsequently legally sold in the state of Nevada before the suspect in the case, Gian Luigi Ferri, illegally transported them into California and killed nine people, including himself. Because of the potential precedent the case could set for liability law, and its possible impact on pending California municipal lawsuits against the firearm industry, it is being closely monitored by gun makers as well as other industries.
Bad cases make bad law.
The program, which will include the hiring of 113 new federal prosecutors, will be based on Richmond, Virginia's highly successful Project Exile. The program has since been adopted with similar success in a number of other states. A major gun control group, however, was cynical of the new campaign. Despite evidence that government restrictions on legitimate gun ownership have no impact on reducing gun-related crime, Handgun Control, Inc. continued its call for more laws. We are proud to return this storied company to American ownership.