Supreme Court lets Sandy Hook families' lawsuit against gunmaker proceed

[DemonGeminiX]

My guess is that the ability to own firearms is too hard to challenge directly as so many people are on the hooch. they will target the legality of advertising and promulgation, just as they did with tobacco

The problem is that their attack's a violation of free speech.

[lost in melb.]

Yes, it does.

But then how did they manage to tackle cigarette advertising? I assume like the rest of the Western world, cigarette advertising (where you can put it, and how much ) is regulated by law?

[DemonGeminiX]

Yes, it does.

But then how did they manage to tackle cigarette advertising? I assume like the rest of the Western world, cigarette advertising (where you can put it, and how much ) is regulated by law?

I don't know. I think that was dealt with a long time ago before the Supreme Court ruled that all entities had the same constitutional rights as individual citizens. I'm not sure how that case would go today.