Texas A.G. Paxton: Academy Sports & Outdoors Cannot Be Liable for Sutherland Springs Church Shooting
July 02, 2021
July 02, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, July 2 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release:
Attorney General Ken Paxton applauds the Supreme Court of Texas' decision to protect Academy Sports and Outdoors from liability in the devastating Sutherland Springs church shooting in 2017. Under the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), neither Academy nor any other retail establishment that sells firearms can be sued for damages in tragedies like the Sutherland . . .
Attorney General Ken Paxton applauds the Supreme Court of Texas' decision to protect Academy Sports and Outdoors from liability in the devastating Sutherland Springs church shooting in 2017. Under the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), neither Academy nor any other retail establishment that sells firearms can be sued for damages in tragedies like the Sutherland . . .