{"id":101769,"date":"2024-05-08T23:30:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=101769"},"modified":"2024-05-08T23:30:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T04:30:59","slug":"101769","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=101769","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-Gunners\u2019 Lawsuit Against Smith & Wesson Dismissed<\/a><\/p>\n

A lawsuit brought against Smith & Wesson by anti-gun shareholders within the company was dismissed Monday in Nevada\u2019s Clark County District Court.<\/p>\n

On December 5, 2023, Breitbart News\u00a0noted<\/a> that shareholders disgruntled over Smith & Wesson\u2019s continued manufacture of AR-15 platform rifles had filed the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Plaintiffs in the case included the Adrian Dominican Sisters, Sisters of Bon Secours USA, Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, and Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus & Mary. Their suit claims that the defendants, who are Smith & Wesson board members and the company\u2019s senior management team, \u201cknowingly allowed the Company to become exposed to significant liability for intentionally violating federal, state, and local laws through its manufacturing, marketing, and sales of AR-15 style rifles and similar semiautomatic firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs acknowledged the lawsuit protection provided to firearm companies via the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). However, they claimed Smith & Wesson had foregone such protections by continuing to manufacture AR-15s after a Smith & Wesson AR-15 was used in a mass shooting.<\/p>\n

On March 13, 2024, Breitbart News\u00a0reported<\/a> that Nevada\u2019s Clark County District Court signaled no \u201csubstantial likelihood\u201d Smith & Wesson would be found liable, saying the activist shareholders appear not to be aligned with the company\u2019s best interest and requiring them to post a half-million-dollar bond to continue their suit.<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs were instructed to post the bond by April 23, 2024, but they did not.<\/p>\n

On May 6, 2024, Judge Joe Hardy pointed to their failure to post the bond as ordered and dismissed the lawsuit against Smith & Wesson.<\/p>\n

The suit is\u00a0Adrian Dominican Sisters v. Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.<\/em>, No.\u00a0A-23-882774-B in the District Court of Clark County, Nevada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anti-Gunners\u2019 Lawsuit Against Smith & Wesson Dismissed A lawsuit brought against Smith & Wesson by anti-gun shareholders within the company was dismissed Monday in Nevada\u2019s Clark County District Court. On December 5, 2023, Breitbart News\u00a0noted that shareholders disgruntled over Smith & Wesson\u2019s continued manufacture of AR-15 platform rifles had filed the lawsuit. Plaintiffs in the … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,23,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-courts","category-enemies-foreign-domestic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101770,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101769\/revisions\/101770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}