Senate committee passes bill aimed at ending Gary’s gun maker lawsuit
Supporters and opponents of a Republican-backed Indiana bill aimed at stopping the city of Gary’s 25-year-long lawsuit against handgun makers clashed during a lengthy Senate committee hearing on Tuesday. After more than two hours of discussion and testimony, the committee went into recess without voting on the bill. Gary Mayor Eddie Melton urged members of the Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law to vote down the legislation, which he framed as a legislative overreach and an unfair usurpation of the city’s authority. Читать дальше...