New Jersey and Delaware joined a 16-state alliance aimed at going after gun makers to reduce violence.
By Sandra Jones
Attorneys general from 16 states, including Delaware and New Jersey, have established a coalition aimed at promoting accountability within the firearms industry regarding its significant contribution to gun violence.
The alliance, the first of its kind, aims to end the problem by coordinating enforcement of the states’ civil liability and consumer protection laws to promote public safety and save lives.
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“The gun industry has made a killing by selling Americans on the very profitable myth that we must be armed to be safe,” said Nina Vinik, founder and president of Project Unloaded, a national organization creating a new cultural narrative on gun safety, in an email to WHYY News: “Just as the tobacco industry was held to account for its harmful practices decades ago, the gun lobby too must answer for its deception.”
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