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Milwaukee case could encourage gun stores to reduce illegal sales

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On October 13, a Milwaukee jury awarded two police officers US$5.7 million in a lawsuit against a gun store that sold the weapon that was used to shoot them.

The case comes 10 years after Congress immunized gun sellers from civil liability arising out of criminal misuse of a firearm.

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