Summary

NY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ELIOT SPITZER HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT NEW YORK'S MOVES TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST GUN MANUFACTURERS

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 187103
Story Slug NEW YORK SUES GUN MAKERS (6/26/2000)
Location NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Format SOT/VO
Date 06/26/2000
Archive Time 34:42
TRT 1:48
Supers New York, New York Andrew Cuomo, Housing Secretary Eliot Spitzer, NY State Attorney General
Video Description MAN SOT, MAN SOT, VO OF GUNS ON POSTER, VO OF MAN AT PODIUM, VO OF CUOMO AT PODIUM
Description NY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ELIOT SPITZER HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT NEW YORK'S MOVES TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST GUN MANUFACTURERS
Script LEAD: LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER NEW YORK CITY WENT TO COURT AGAINST GUN MAKERS, THE STATE IS DOING THE SAME STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ELLIOT SPITZER FILED SUIT MONDAY MORNING AGAINST A NUMBER OF GUN MAKERS AND WHOLESALERS HOUSING SECRETARY ANDREW CUOMO JOINED SPITZER IN ANNOUNCING THE LAWSUIT SCRIPT: SOT-CUOMO SOT-SPITZER VO THE SUIT MAKES NEW YORK THE FIRST STATE TO TAKE THE INDUSTRY TO COURT SPITZER'S CHARGES THAT THE INDUSTRY IS PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLENCE CAUSED BY FIREARMS 32 CITIES AND COUNTIES NATIONWIDE ALREADY HAVE NEGLIGENCE SUITS PENDING AGAINST THE GUN INDUSTRY BUT UNLIKE THOSE CASES SPITZER'S SUIT WAS FILED UNDER THE STATE'S PUBLIC NUISANCE LAW IN ADDITION TO SEEKING CHANGES IN THE WAY GUN MANUFACTURES DO BUSINESS, SPITZER ALSO WANTS THE COURT TO APPOINT A MONITOR TO OVERSEE THE INDUSTRY
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Keywords

GUN CONTROL
GUN LAWS
CUOMO
SPITZER
GUN MANUFACTURERS
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