Brady Center Takes Utah Dealer to Court for Selling Pistol Grip Shotgun to 18 Year Old Mass Shooter

The Brady Center Legal Action Project has taken a new case, representing Carolyn Tuft, a mother whose daughter was killed in a mass shooting at a popular shopping mall in Salt Lake City, Utah. The killer, armed with two high-powered firearms, a backpack full of ammunition, and a bandolier of shotgun shells around his waist, turned the mall into a war zone in a matter of minutes. Five people were killed, and four wounded, including an off-duty police officer.

The lawsuit contends that the gun dealer is liable for the shootings. One of the firearms he sold to the killer was a pistol-grip shotgun, which federal law prohibits from selling to anyone under 21. The killer was 18 at the time.



U.S. Supreme Court Hears Most Significant Second Amendment Case in the Nation's History

Brady's Paul Helmke and Dennis Henigan remark on the March 18 Supreme Court oral arguments.

The Brady Campaign was at the U.S. Supreme Court as the Justices heard oral arguments in District of Columbia v. Heller.

Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke said that he is hopeful that the "ruling will uphold the right of people in communities like the District to enact common sense gun measures they feel are needed to protect themselves and their families."

The Brady Center filed a "friend of the court" brief with numerous law enforcement organizations in January that argued that the D.C. Court of Appeals ruling, if affirmed, would grant courts unprecedented authority to nullify elected officials' decisions to adopt laws they believe are necessary to protect their communities from gun violence.

The decision will be announced in June.



Brady Center Files Brief in Tenth Circuit Court: Guns-at-Work Laws Should Be Unconstitutional

The Brady Center filed a "friend of the court" brief urging the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a 2007 federal district court ruling striking down Oklahoma's 2005 guns-at-work law as unconstitutional.

Two major safety and security organizations — the American Society of Safety Engineers and ASIS International - joined the Brady Center in filing the brief. After filing the brief, Brady Center President Paul Helmke said "Our workplaces need to be free from gun violence, and that is most likely to happen when they are free from guns."



Brady Report Exposes Gun Dealer Who Supplied Guns for Gangs
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Click here to read Guns for Gangs report.

A new Brady Center report tells the story of Frank D'Andrea's Connecticut gun shop — "a convenient, one-stop shopping place for violent and prolific narcotics traffickers, convicted felons and other prohibited persons," according to law enforcement. D'Andrea's gun store in the Bridgeport, CT area sold hundreds of guns to gangsters and drug traffickers and was cited for hundreds of legal violations.

Weak gun laws allowed D'Andrea to stay in business for more than two decades, until he was finally arrested and pled guilty to violating federal gun law.


Gun Manufacturers Lose Appeal of Gary, Indiana's Lawsuit

In a landmark ruling with nationwide implications, the Indiana Court of Appeals today ruled that the City of Gary's lawsuit against gun manufacturers may proceed to trial.

The 3-0 Court ruling held that the 2005 federal "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act" does not shield the gun industry from liability for irresponsible sales practices that funnel guns to the criminal market.


Putting Faith in to Action to Prevent Gun Violence:
God Not Guns Sabbath

Faith leaders and activists join together at Riverside Church in New York City for the first annual God Not Guns Sabbath.

The first annual God Not Guns Sabbath was observed on September 28-30 in faith communities across the country.

From North Carolina to California, individuals and congregations pledged their commitment to help make their communities safer from gun violence by recognizing and addressing the epidemic of gun violence and the spiritual and moral crisis that this epidemic reflects.

Click here to find out more.



No Guns Left Behind [Report Cover]Brady Center Report Describes Risks Of Guns On College Campuses

Washington, D.C. — The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is releasing a new report — No Gun Left Behind: The Gun Lobby's Campaign to Push Guns Into Colleges and Schools — that draws attention to the gun lobby's efforts in recent years, and since the horrific tragedy at Virginia Tech, to change college campus rules prohibiting firearms. The report describes gun lobby efforts in Utah, Maine, South Carolina and other states to force colleges to allow the possession and use of firearms by students and others on campus. Read the full press release.


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