Gary, Indiana’s lawsuit against gunmakers is shot down by a new law, after surviving 25 years of appeals

By Timothy D. Lytton, Regents' Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University

After 25 years of legal wrangling, a lawsuit described as “the most consequential legal case against the gun industry in this country” appears to have met its end – but the industry isn’t out of the legal woods just yet.

Back in 1999, the city of Gary, Indiana, filed a lawsuit attempting to hold firearm manufacturers responsible for failing to prevent illegal gun sales. On March 15, 2024, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb

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