In today's 5-to-1 ruling, California's justices overturned an appeals court ruling that is believed to have been the only one to permit victims of gun violence to sue the manufacturers for negligence. "In reaching this conclusion, we are not insensitive to the terrible tragedy that occurred on July 1, 1993," one of the judges, Ming W. Chin, wrote for the majority. "The Legislature has set California's public policy regarding gun manufacturers liability under these circumstances."