In its next term, the Supreme Court will hear a major consolidated case on assault weapon bans and whether the Second Amendment protects the right to possess AR-15s and semiautomatic rifles. Semi-automatic rifles are “the weapon of choice” for somebody looking to harm large groups of people, says Mark Barden, whose son, Daniel, was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. Law professor Leah Litman says the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority has shown “they have a ton of zeal for basically cannibalizing and eliminating common sense gun control regulation.”
Mark Barden, whose son Daniel was murdered in the Sandy Hook mass shooting reacts to an upcoming case on the Supreme Court's docket centering around assault weapons and the Second Amendment.
An appeals court reduced the award to the parents of one victim to $6 million from $49 million, citing a Texas damages cap. The conspiracy theorist owes over $1 billion in other cases.
A Texas appeals court has ruled that damages awarded against Alex Jones exceeded state statutory limits, significantly reducing the penalty.
A Texas appeals court has ruled that damages awarded against Alex Jones exceeded state statutory limits, significantly reducing the penalty. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A Texas appeals court has reduced a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million, ruling that the original award exceeded the state’s legal limit on damages. Jones was ordered to compensate Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose six-year-old son, Jesse Lewis, was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. DETAIL: In a unanimous ruling issued on Friday, the Texas Third Court of Appeals said a lower court improperly allowed damages to exceed the state’s $750,000-per-plaintiff cap. The court also found that the evidence…Open
The verdict is believed to be the largest ever against a gun dealer, surpassing the $73 million settlement awarded to the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting by the rifle maker Remington.
