A federal judge dismissed a gun-rights group’s lawsuit challenging a Maryland law , saying the same issues are addressed in a state-court case brought by the state and Baltimore City.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation in April sued Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and his office over the 2024 Gun Industry Accountability Act, which extended tort liability to gun manufacturers.

The law prevented them “from knowingly creating, maintaining, or contributing to harm to the public through the sale, manufacture, importation or marketing of a firearm-related product under certain circumstances.”

The NSSF, which has thousands of members and is also known as the Firearm Industry Trade Association, argued the state law is preempted by a federal law, the Protection of Lawful Commerc

See Full Page