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This is the ruling that came down from the Texas Supreme Court in a unanimous decision. The Texas Supreme Court threw out lawsuits that were aimed at Academy Sports and Outdoors. This is where a gunman purchased the firearm that he used to shoot people at a church.<\/p>\n
These lawsuits were initiated by the families of the shooting victims as well as by survivors. The origin of the events that would lead to this decision began when a man who shot churchgoers at a Texas church. This appeared to be the deadliest mass shooting in Texas.<\/p>\n
From MSN News:<\/span><\/p>\n Kelley opened fire during Sunday morning services at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, killing 25 people, including a pregnant woman, and injuring 20 others. According to The Associated Press, he died from a self-inflicted gunshot.<\/p>\n His motive was not completely clear, however, authorities have said the shooting may have sprung from a domestic dispute, and that his mother-in-law was a member of First Baptist Church.<\/p>\n In response to the suits, Academy claimed it was shielded by the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, signed into law in 2005, which protects firearms dealers and manufacturers from lawsuits when a third party commits a crime using a legally purchased weapon.<\/p>\n Academy had asked State District Judge Karen H. Pozza to throw out the lawsuits, but Pozza ruled against the company.<\/p>\n In its ruling signed by Justice Debra Lehrmann, the high court granted the retailer a rare writ of mandamus and directed the trial court to grant the company’s summary judgment motion.<\/p>\n “Although federal law disqualified Kelley from purchasing a firearm at the time of the sale — based in part on his conviction in a 2012 court-martial for assaulting his wife and stepson and his dishonorable discharge from the United States Air Force — that disqualifying information was not in the system, which authorized Academy to ‘Proceed’ with the sale,” the court found.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n MSN News has more information here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"