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Recent developments may cause firearms manufacturers to reevaluate their business and marketing practices to lessen their legal exposure. As we wrote previously, the Protection of...

>> thats the selling off the books. >> yeah. >> so there was this case just recently, badger guns in milwaukee. a couple cops were killed by a gun that ultimately had been sold -- actually, im association they werent killed, they were shot and injured. by a gun that was sold by badger guns. it was proven in court this was a negligence case. the gun shop had not followed federal law. and that is the one thing that sort of folks who hate this have on their side. that if a store does something like...

Kowtowing to congress. thats why were putting pressure on the atf, as loretta lynch as the attorney general, to really put the power of the atf to bear to crack down on these bad apple gun dealers. >> this is the report youre raising today, right? >> yep, yep. >> as i understand it, there are three top mayors from l.a., from new york and chicago. they have all three crafted a letter and theyre trying to spearhead others, other mayors around the country, to join in that letter as well to send to ...

Take guns, sell it to a criminal who shoots a cop in the face and blinds the cop, which is what happened in this case. >> okay. and we should also point out that apparently guns purchased from badger guns were used in hundreds of crimes found at hundreds of crime scenes. >> as a result, the feds and the state lifted badger guns license to sell guns. so at the time this trial took place there was no badger guns. so whos going to pay the 6 million? their insurance carrier. >> of course. >> not the...

Your phone has siri or google. a former james bond weighs in on his choice for the next 007. >> my names bond, james bond. >> wow. roger moore exclusively telling "the daily mail" that hugh jackman or damian lewis should play the next bond. >> i say david beckham. steve? >> im shaken, not stirred. thank you. a verdict in one wisconsin gun case may set a new precedent. badger gun shop was found liable for an assault on two police officers who were shot in the face with a weapon that was bough...

His, quote, large stature. he was then transported to a las vegas hospital by ambulance, where he is now being treated. his ex-wife khloe kardashian is now by his side after she flew to las vegas overnight with her sister kim and her mother kris jenner. a milwaukee gun shop now must pay $6 million after it is found liable for selling a gun that was later used to shoot two police officers back in 2009. attorneys say that the store called badger guns was, quote, negligent for selling a weapon to...

Just hours before the issue of gun control played out at the democratic presidential debate, a jury in milwaukee came down with a verdict that could affect how gun dealers across this country do business. after nine hours of deliberations, the jury ordered badger guns to pay almost $6 million to two police officers seriously injured by one of the guns sold at the shop. the officers were shot in the face in 2009 by a man who had someone else buy the gun for him as an illegal straw purchase. the d...

>> was such sale by badger guns to jacob collins negligence? the jury answered this question, yes. >> reporter: jurors ordered the gun store to pay the officers nearly $6 million. surveillance video from the shop shows jacob collins purchasing the gun for someone too young to do so. lawyers for the officers said conflicting information on the purchase documents should have been a warning sign for the sales staff. the defense argued there was no way for the owner to know it was a straw purchase. ...

Gun away. if you grew up in a gun owning household that argument resonates. this is about whether businesses are going to be held accountable when they arent responsible. >> so badger guns, the business in question here put a statement out to the milwaukee journal sentinel saying significant legal issues were decided in the case that impacted the evidence the jury was permitted to consider and the legal standards they were told to apply. we will appeal. how do you think that will go? >> they wil...

Nationwide. heres why. who milwaukee police officers seriously wounded in the line of duty sued badger guns. the gun store was neglect for selling a gun to a straw buyer. the jury agreed ordering the gun shop to pay the officers over # million dollars. >> i wanted to represent my clients. >> julius burton sent jacob into that store to buy the gun. it was julius burton who decided to put that gun into his pocket and leave his home that day.