A federal decide on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit by a team of gun producers, distributors and suppliers tough the constitutionality of a New York law that will allow the state and folks influenced by gun violence to sue the business.

U.S. District Decide Mae D’Agostino in Albany turned down a request by the National Capturing Sporting activities Basis and gun manufacturers, including Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co, to enjoin enforcement of the statute.

The ruling arrived a working day just after a gunman killed 19 little ones and two grown ups at a Texas elementary school, the newest in a spate of mass shootings, prompting renewed calls by Democrats for more durable gun rules.

The Countrywide Shooting Sports activities Basis, a trade team for the firearms marketplace, did not immediately reply to a ask for for remark.

Democratic former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo last July signed into legislation a evaluate that seeks to conquer lawful hurdles that have largely shielded the field from lawsuits related to gun violence.

The legislation will allow firearm sellers, companies and distributors to be sued by the point out, cities or persons for building a “public nuisance” that endangers the public’s security and well being.

The gun sector group argued the legislation wrongly imposes legal responsibility on providers functioning any place in the country that make, offer or market guns or ammunition that are misused by criminals in New York.