A sheriff's detective walked into Chuck Lovelace's gun shop in Mount Horeb this spring and delivered unsettling news: A man who had bought a handgun at the shop a few days earlier used it to kill himself.
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Public support fails to move state on gun background checks
On a Sunday afternoon nearly four years ago, Elvin Daniel was in his garden when he got a call from police: His sister, Zina Haughton, had been shot at work.
Read More »Officers settle lawsuit against gun shop
Two Milwaukee police officers have settled their lawsuit against a gun shop they allege negligently sold a weapon that a suspect used to shoot them.
Read More »Jury selection to restart in officers’ case against gun shop
A Milwaukee County judge has dismissed prospective jurors in a civil case brought by two police officers against a gun shop.
Read More »Jury selection starting for wounded officers suing gun shop owner
A second lawsuit is starting this week for trial against a gun shop after a jury in October found the owners of the store were negligent in selling a gun used to injure two Milwaukee police officers.
Read More »No appeal in Badger Guns case
The owners of a West Milwaukee gun shop will not be appealing the nearly $6 million, first-of-its-kind verdict a jury recently awarded to two police officers.
Read More »Verdict against firearms shop could have far-reaching ramifications
When Patrick Dunphy decided in 2010 to go to bat for two Milwaukee police officers who had been shot in their heads the year before, it scarcely occurred to him that he might play a part in rolling back laws that shield firearm sellers from liability for any harm that results from the misuse of their wares.
Read More »Gun shop ordered to pay millions to injured police officers in landmark ruling
Jurors ordered a Wisconsin gun store to pay nearly $6 million on Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by two Milwaukee police officers who were shot and seriously wounded by a gun purchased at the store.
Read More »Civil trial against gun shop enters final week
The trial over a civil lawsuit brought by a pair of seriously wounded police officers against a Wisconsin gun shop that they say has sold hundreds of weapons used in crimes is nearing its conclusion.
Read More »Officers take on store that sold gun used to shoot them
Two Milwaukee police officers are in court where they are taking on the gun store that sold a firearm to the man who shot them.
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