Gun Dealer Sued by Insurer Over Baltimore ‘Ghost Gun’ Case

A Maryland gun dealer was hit with a suit from an insurance company seeking to avoid paying for legal defense costs over the dealer’s alleged sale of so-called ghost guns in the Baltimore area.

The city of Baltimore sued the gun dealer, Hanover Armory LLC, and a weapons manufacturer in 2022 for making and selling “ghost guns” and kits. The Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Co., which covered Hanover under a commercial general liability policy, said it owes no duty to pay for the dealer’s defense costs because Hanover should’ve known the untraceable guns would cause harm, according to a complaint ...