| PASADENA, Calif., May 12 (UPI) -- A gun maker and a firearms dealer cannot be sued over a rampage at a Los Angeles Jewish center, a federal appeals court panel has ruled. SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS Glock Inc. and a Seattle gun dealer had been sued in connection with the 1999 shooting rampage. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a 2005 federal law that protects gun makers from lawsuits over criminal use of their products was constitutional. In the Aug. 10, 1999 rampage, white supremacist Buford Furrow of Olympia, Wash., wounded three children, a teenager and an adult at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, Calif. He later killed letter carrier Joseph Ileto. Furrow is serving five life terms in prison. Relatives of the shooting victims sued Glock Inc., gun dealer RSR Wholesale Guns Seattle and a Chinese manufacturer, claiming they were negligent because Furrow used their products. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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