MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Minnesota’s lawsuit against gun manufacturer Glock can proceed following a district judge’s ruling this week which denied the company’s attempts to dismiss the civil case under a federal shield law that generally protects the firearms industry from civil litigation.

Glock’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit fails

What we know:

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a civil lawsuit last year against Glock for its design, manufacture and sale of semi-automatic guns, which Ellison claims can be easily converted into illegal machine guns.

Ellison says the gun-maker has been aware since the 1980s that the design of its pistols allowed for easy modification to make the gun function like a fully automatic firearm.

The lawsuit claims Glock violated several Minne

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