The court threw out a New Orleans lawsuit that was aimed at forcing gun makers to pay the costs of gun violence. The court upheld a state law that was passed to retroactively block the lawsuit, and it ruled the city had no right to sue anyway. New Orleans was the first local government in the country to accuse gun manufacturers of selling unsafe products and creating a public nuisance. The state's supreme court said state and U.S. constitutions don't protect local governments from retroactive laws. We agree with the high court's assertion that the city of New Orleans shouldn't have had the right to sue in the first place.
Guns are legal.
Buying a gun is legal. Punishing a business that makes a legal product just because that product was used in an unsafe manner is ludicrous. Guns that fall into the wrong hands are most assuredly unsafe. But blaming the manufacturer isn't the remedy. Your comments will be sent to the editorial department .