Two Gun Dealers Settle With City
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Two out-of-state gun dealers have agreed to settle in a lawsuit brought against them by the city, Mayor Bloomberg announced today.
Under the settlement, the two dealers, John’s Gun & Tackle Room of Easton, Pennsylvania, and Franklin Rod & Gun Shop of Rocky Mount, Virginia, agreed to submit to independent monitoring of their sales activity.
Mr. Bloomberg has led a campaign to prosecute out-of-state gun dealers caught illegally selling guns that end up in the hands of criminals in New York City. The settlements come two days after a federal judge in Brooklyn, Jack Weinstein, ruled that New York courts have jurisdiction to hear such lawsuits.
The dealers were among 15 named in a lawsuit by the city in May, 2006.
