Missouri Supreme Court rules for suits against gun dealers

According to court records, Delana called Odessa Gun & Pawn the next month and warned the store against selling Weathers another firearm.

While the Missouri Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of that law and said it does block some legal action, judges also ruled that certain negligence lawsuits can be brought under state law against gun sellers.

The judges cited an exemption in the federal law, which allows for lawsuits if the seller knows, or reasonably should know, that the buyer likely will "use the product in a manner involving unreasonable risk of physical injury to the person or others," and then does that.