When the fun police and their anti-self-defense pals can’t get their way in Congress and state legislatures, they turn to the courts.

But pushing an extreme agenda through the backdoor has its limits. 

And an awful scheme to take down Smith & Wesson was just dealt this crushing defeat.

Anti-gunners use lawsuit to target Smith & Wesson

The AR-15 has become a bogeyman to the anti-gun lobby.

And they’ve been searching for ways to make them illegal.

President Joe Biden’s attempts to pass a federal so-called assault weapons ban haven’t gone anywhere.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen is a roadblock to the most aggressive measures against AR-15s in blue states.

So, anti-gunners got creative in an attempt to target the popular rifle.

They went after one of the companies that produces AR-15s.

In December 2023, a group of anti-gunners that owned shares of Smith & Wesson filed a lawsuit against management and board members of the company in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada, over the sale of AR-15s.

Smith & Wesson is incorporated in Nevada.

A group of Catholic nuns was behind the lawsuit, including the Adrian Dominican Sisters, Sisters of Bon Secours USA, Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, and Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus & Mary.

They alleged that Smith & Wesson’s management and board “knowingly allowed the Company to become exposed to significant liability for intentionally violating federal, state, and local laws through its manufacturing, marketing, and sales of AR-15 style rifles and similar semiautomatic firearms.”

Selling AR-15s was a serious financial risk to Smith & Wesson, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit was couched as shareholders concerned about the company’s management violating its duty to investors, but it was clear that it was anti-gun activism.

“These rifles have no purpose other than mass murder,” the nuns falsely claimed in a statement.

And their lawsuit claimed without evidence that AR-15s are “machine guns” that should be regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA).

Smith & Wesson’s not treating AR-15s like machine guns put them in violation of the NFA.

Nevada court shut down activist suit against Smith & Wesson

The nun’s lawsuit was clearly motivated by anti-gun activism, not financial concerns. 

Clark County Judge Joe Hardy required the nuns to post a $500,000 bond in the case.

If they didn’t, the lawsuit would have been dismissed.

The judge also expressed significant skepticism that the nun’s position was held by a majority of Smith & Wesson’s shareholders.

He also doubted that if they won the lawsuit, it would “benefit the corporation or its security holders.”

The nuns never came up with the money for the $500,000 bond, and the lawsuit was dismissed.

Smith & Wesson CEO Mark Smith told Breitbart that the lawsuit was activism, not financial concern.

“Smith & Wesson is proud to empower law-abiding American citizens with the ability to defend themselves and their families from harm. This activist group is not interested in the best interests of the company or its stockholders,” Smith said.

“This frivolous lawsuit is simply another instance in their long history of attempting to hijack and abuse the shareholder advocacy process to harm our reputation and company.”

The Left is trying to use the legal system as a vehicle to enact policies that they can’t get passed through any legislature.

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