Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC

Summary

The dissent would have held that the federal firearms-liability statute preempts the plaintiffs' claims alleging that firearm advertising violated Connecticut's unfair-trade-practices law. It reasoned that the statute's predicate exception is limited to statutes specifically governing the sale or marketing of firearms, rather than broadly applicable laws such as CUTPA, and therefore would have affirmed the trial court's decision striking the complaint. The dissent disagreed with the majority's conclusion that CUTPA qualifies as a predicate statute.