Mealey's (May 25, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on May 17 dismissed with leave to amend a putative class action on behalf of California residents accusing a gun manufacturer and distributor of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by failing to warn consumers about an alleged barrel defect that can cause the manufacturer’s handguns to explode, writing that the plaintiff failed to sufficiently plead that the defendant had pre-sale knowledge of the defect....