Lawprofs Anthony Sebok (Brooklyn) and Timothy Lytton (Albany) tend to view firearms liability litigation in a much more favorable light than I do. They agree, however, that New York City’s Gun Industry Responsibility Act, signed into law by Mayor Bloomberg earlier this year (Feb. 6; more), “may do more harm than good” and is likely to assist efforts in Congress to protect the gun industry from being taken to court over criminal misuse of weapons. They also say GIRA raises a second problem, little discussed so far: “whether local municipalities can create their own tort law, independent of their state legislatures or courts”. (“New York City’s Gun Industry Responsibility Act: Why It May Do More Harm than Good”, FindLaw, Mar. 7).

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