State Republicans killed an Indiana city’s lawsuit to stop illegal gun sales. Why?

Almost 25 years after suing the firearms industry for failing to prevent illegal gun sales, the northwestern Indiana city of Gary won a critical victory last fall when a judge ordered gun manufacturers to hand years of production and sales records. Republicans said the gun industry is not responsible for illegal sales. “There’s gun violence everywhere you turn in America,” longtime Gary resident Rev. Dena Holland-Neal said.