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| Firearms Industry Wins Major Victory As Judge Dismisses NAACP Case — In a significant victory for the firearms industry, Brooklyn, New York Federal Judge Jack B. Weinstein today dismissed the NAACP’s lawsuit against firearms manufacturers and distributors. The ruling brings to an end yet another expensive and unfounded court action against the gun industry. More ... Firearm Industry Wins Major Victory With Common-Sense Verdict In NAACP Case — A 12-member advisory jury in the NAACP's lawsuit against the firearm industry exonerated manufacturers and distributors with a decision that found unanimously for 38 of the industry defendants. Jurors found for seven other defendants by a vote of at least 10 of the 12 jurors, and in 23 additional instances the jury failed to come to a decision. Not a single defendant was found to be either intentionally or negligently responsible for a public nuisance the NAACP claims occurs within the highly regulated and federally licensed chain of distribution and sale of firearms in America. More ... Closing
Arguments Completed In Defense Rests Case In NAACP Lawsuit Against Firearms Industry — Lawyers representing members of the firearm industry sued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) rested their case today after just one week of testimony. More ... NAACP Rests Case Against Firearms Industry — Having utterly failed to prove the baseless allegation that the firearm industry knowingly and willingly sells guns to criminals, the NAACP has rested its case after four weeks of testimony. More ... Robert Ricker: The Bombshell Witness Who's Already Bombed In Boston And California Makes His Debut In Brooklyn — Robert Ricker, the NAACP's proclaimed "smoking gun" witness in its suit against the firearms industry, made his debut today in Brooklyn federal court. More ... What Ricker Says About these Lawsuits Depends Upon When He's Asked Trial Against Firearms Industry Starts In Brooklyn, NY — The NAACP's baseless lawsuit against the firearms industry seeking to blame manufacturers for the acts of criminals who illegally use firearms began today. More ... NAACP Lawsuit Seeks to Destroy The "Arsenal Of Democracy" — As the United States is fighting the global war on terror and confronting the outlaw regime of Iraq, the NAACP is trying to destroy the "Arsenal of Democracy" with a frivolous lawsuit. More ... Firearms Industry Prepares For Ambush In Brooklyn Court — The trial began with the selection of an “advisory” jury to hear, but not decide, the case. More ... |
The Verdict Is In: Marketing Is Not To Blame For Murder Frivolous NAACP Suit Starting On March 24th Remains — The dismissal of yet another lawsuit against the firearms industry further proves that marketing is not to blame for murder. More ... Firearms Industry Prepares For Trial in Brooklyn, NY — The NAACP is suing members of the firearms industry, seeking to blame manufacturers for the violent acts of criminals who illegally use firearms to commit crime. More ... |
| Here’s what the NAACP knows about industry wrongdoing . . . (~825 KB MPG) The video shows Mildred Roxborough, an NAACP witness, testifying to the evidence the organization has against the firearms industry. Industry lawyers presented the video during opening statements on Monday, March 31. Roxborough's deposition shows the NAACP has no evidence to support their claims of wrongdoing. Who's really behind this lawsuit? NAACP vs. NAACP NAACP Claims and Prior Court Rulings "Weinstein's reputation in class-action cases got him noticed by Elisa Barnes, a Manhattan plaintiff's lawyer who had spent years building the Hamilton v. Accu-Tek case. She needed a judge who would sit still for the wild-card thesis of her case… And so, rather than wait for…[a] judge to be chosen randomly, Barnes formally requested Weinstein…" - Robert Kolker,
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