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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has breathed new life into a lawsuit filed by survivors of the 2015 Emanuel AME Church shooting and victims’ families against the federal government for failures that allowed the convicted killer to purchase a firearm.
Last year, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel dismissed the survivors’ and victims’ lawsuits — 16 of them in all — because the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which set up the federal background check system, gives the government immunity in most situations when it fails to keep weapons from the wrong hands.
But on Friday the federal appeals court disagreed. A three-judge panel in Richmond, Va., sent the case back for further consideration, writing that the Brady Act does not shield the federal government as a whole from the now-consolidated lawsuit. It protects only the actions of individual employees, the ruling said.
4th Circuit reverses decision in Dylann Roof gun background check lawsuit
And here we are back again. They will see a lawsuit.
Last year, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel dismissed the survivors’ and victims’ lawsuits — 16 of them in all — because the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which set up the federal background check system, gives the government immunity in most situations when it fails to keep weapons from the wrong hands.
But on Friday the federal appeals court disagreed. A three-judge panel in Richmond, Va., sent the case back for further consideration, writing that the Brady Act does not shield the federal government as a whole from the now-consolidated lawsuit. It protects only the actions of individual employees, the ruling said.
4th Circuit reverses decision in Dylann Roof gun background check lawsuit
And here we are back again. They will see a lawsuit.
