I THINK ONE OF MY GUESTBLOGGERS MENTIONED THIS WHILE I WAS ON VACATION, but here’s the latest: Judge dismisses lawsuit against Knoxville ammo company.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against a Knoxville ammunition company in connection with the 2012 Aurora, Colo., theater shooting and ordered plaintiffs to pay the company’s court costs.

Last week a jury convicted James Holmes of carrying out the attack.

Federal Judge Richard P. Matsch dismissed the case against Lucky Gunner LLC and other defendants and ordered that the plaintiffs pay Lucky Gunner legal costs of about $111,971.00. . . .

The suit, which was also supported by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, did not seek monetary damages, but demanded a change in some of the business practices of the defendant companies.

In his order to dismiss the case Matsch said the suit was filed for propaganda purposes.

“It is apparent that this case was filed to pursue the political purposes of the Brady Center and, given the failure to present any cognizable legal claim, bringing these defendants into the Colorado court where the prosecution of James Holmes was proceeding appears to be more of an opportunity to propagandize the public and stigmatize the defendants than to obtain a court order,” the judge’s order said.

The company has said it will donate the recovered legal fees to gun-rights organizations.

The company, LuckyGunner.com, was founded by a couple of my former law students. If you’re in the market for ammunition, you ought to give them a chance.