{"id":14593,"date":"2022-12-21T15:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T20:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/18fbf770e8.nxcli.io\/?post_type=whitepapers&#038;p=14593"},"modified":"2023-01-24T08:12:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:12:33","slug":"the-city-of-rochester-is-suing-the-gun-industry-as-violence-continues","status":"publish","type":"whitepapers","link":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/whitepapers\/the-city-of-rochester-is-suing-the-gun-industry-as-violence-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Rochester is suing the gun industry as violence continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The city of Rochester on Wednesday sued a large number of companies in the firearms industry, alleging the companies are fueling violence in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe lawsuit seeks to hold manufacturers, makers, importers and distributors of firearms responsible for the illegal and unreasonable sale, manufacture, distribution, import and marketing of firearms,\u201d \u200b\u200bthe city said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cThe city is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, the establishment of a reduction fund, and reimbursement of attorneys\u2019 fees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city of Buffalo filed a similar lawsuit in the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, and Rochester is being assisted by the same law firm, Napoli Shkolnik PLLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enews.com.ng\/2022\/12\/the-city-of-rochester-is-suing-the-gun-industry-as-violence-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find the original article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Rochester on Wednesday sued a large number of companies in the firearms industry, alleging the companies are fueling violence in the city. \u201cThe lawsuit seeks to hold&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":10,"template":"","whitepaper_category":[],"whitepaper-source":[],"class_list":["post-14593","whitepapers","type-whitepapers","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers\/14593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/whitepapers"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers\/14593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"whitepaper_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper_category?post=14593"},{"taxonomy":"whitepaper-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper-source?post=14593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}