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Government,
Civil Litigation

Dec. 27, 2017

San Francisco sues U.S. Department of Defense over gun registry failures

San Francisco and two other cities filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Defense, alleging that the federal government violated a 1946 law by failing to report information to the FBI on service members disciplined in military proceedings and disqualified from owning a firearm.

San Francisco and two other cities sued the U.S. Department of Defense Monday alleging that the military violated a 1946 law by failing to report information to the FBI on service members disciplined in military proceedings and disqualified from owning a firearm.

The complaint by San Francisco, New York, and Philadephia claimed their citizens were put at risk because of the military’s failure to provide data to the National Instant B...

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