{"id":2617141,"date":"2026-06-22T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-allows-gun-ruling-favoring-letitia-james-to-stand\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:31:44","slug":"supreme-court-allows-gun-ruling-favoring-letitia-james-to-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-allows-gun-ruling-favoring-letitia-james-to-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Allows Gun Ruling Favoring Letitia James to Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-allows-gun-ruling-favoring-letitia-james-to-stand%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2617141&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content reports that the U.S. Supreme court has refused to hear an appeal by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), allowing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-the-real-threat-facing-our-children\/\" title=\"OPINION: The Real Threat Facing Our Children\">court ruling supporting<\/a> New York Attorney General Letitia james&#8217; stance to stand. The case involves a 2021 law signed by former governor Andrew Cuomo,permitting &#8220;public nuisance&#8221; lawsuits against gun manufacturers to bypass federal protections. NSSF expressed disappointment, asserting their belief that criminals, not manufacturers, should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">held responsible<\/a> for misuse of firearms. Attorney General James defended the law and has also previously sued the NRA and President trump over various issues. The legal battle initially involved challenges to New YorkS law, wiht the Second Circuit Court dismissing some claims, and similar efforts ongoing in New jersey against Glock over devices that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >convert semi-automatic pistols<\/a> into machine guns.The overall narrative discusses ongoing legal efforts to hold firearm manufacturers accountable, the responsiveness of courts, and related legislative actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Monday, allowing an appeals court\u2019s ruling in favor of Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James to stand.<\/p>\n<p>Then-Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2021\/brian-kavanagh\/forwarding-governor-cuomo-signs-legislation-holding-gun\">signed<\/a> a law intended to allow \u201cpublic nuisance\u201d litigation against firearms manufacturers in 2021 as a means to bypass the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005 (PLCAA). NSSF expressed disappointment with the news the Supreme Court would not hear the case, which it brought in December 2021 as part of a pre-enforcement challenge, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNSSF respects the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court but is disappointed it declined to grant certiorari in this case,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/confidence-in-trump-helps-end-six-year-gun-buying-streak\/\" title=\"\u2018Confidence\u2019 in Trump helps end six-year gun buying streak\">firearms industry trade group<\/a> said in a statement provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cNSSF sincerely believes that those criminals who illegally misuse lawful products should be held responsible for the harms they cause when they commit their crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHolding the firearm industry responsible for the criminal misuse of a firearm is akin to holding Anheuser-Busch and Ford Motor Company responsible for damages from drunk driving crimes or baseball bat and knife makers responsible for criminal assault with their lawfully made and lawfully sold products,\u201d NSSF continued.<\/p>\n<p>James, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a>, defended the law in court. James sued the NRA in August 2020, seeking the group\u2019s dissolution after promising to \u201ctarget the NRA\u201d in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tishjames2018.com\/press-releases\/2018\/7\/12\/taking-on-the-scourge-of-gun-violence-and-keeping-new-yorkers-safe\/\">July 2018 release<\/a> by her campaign and vowing to \u201cinvestigate the legitimacy of the NRA as a charitable institution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NRA is an organ of deadly propaganda masquerading as a charity for public good,\u201d James claimed in the release.<\/p>\n<p>James also sued President Donald Trump in September 2022, alleging he overstated the value of real estate holdings in order to obtain loans . She also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/03\/politics\/tish-letitia-james-james-trump-investigations\/index.html\">promised<\/a> to investigate Trump during her 2018 campaign for attorney general, during which she labeled him an \u201cillegitimate president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NSSF initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/25\/25-1026\/396914\/20260220161042126_25-%20Petition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appealed<\/a> to the Supreme Court in February, after the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the law did not conflict with the PLCAA or the Commerce Clause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere, in the absence of any evidence or specific findings regarding the economic benefits and burdens of Section 898, we find no undue burden,\u201d the court said in its <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca2\/22-1374\/22-1374-2025-07-10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ruling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news2a.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/platkin-v-glock.pdf\">suit<\/a> against Glock in December 2024 over co-called \u201cGlock switches,\u201d \u00a0devices that allow the popular semiautomatic pistols to fire like machine guns. In the litigation, New Jersey claimed that the company created a \u201cpublic nuisance\u201d under a 2022 law similar to the one enacted in New York due to its firearms being easily convertible.<\/p>\n<p>Such conversions are illegal without paying a tax and receiving permission from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/26\/subtitle-E\/chapter-53\">26 USC Chapter 53<\/a>, and can result in a sentence of up to ten years in federal prison if convicted.<\/p>\n<p>NSSF sued to block the law, but a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.ca3.119403\/gov.uscourts.ca3.119403.75.0.pdf\">dismissed<\/a> the case, claiming the group had \u201cjumped the gun.\u201d The trade group <a href=\"https:\/\/nssfpdf.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/NSSF+v.+Platkin+Amended+Complaint.pdf\">re-filed<\/a> the suit seeking to block New Jersey\u2019s law in February 2025, following the state\u2019s litigation against Glock.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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