Center to prevent gun violence pursues Alaska case [View All]

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A national organization wants the Alaska Supreme Court to reinstate a lawsuit against the owner of a gun shop where a weapon used to kill a man was obtained.

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a brief Thursday with the state's highest court, asking it to reverse a lower court dismissal of the case, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

"Congress did not give reckless gun dealers immunity from the long-established rules that govern everyone else in society," Brady center spokesman Paul Helmke said. "Even if Congress wanted to deprive gun-violence victims of their civil rights to seek justice in the courts, the Constitution does not allow it."

The case involves a gun used to kill Simone Young Kim in 2006 outside a store in Juneau for no apparent reason. The gun was obtained at the Rayco Sales gun shop.

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