Lawsuit Blames Gun Makers, Dealers in Death of Las Vegas Massacre Victim

By Dave Workman

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- The parents of a woman killed in the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival have filed a lawsuit seeking to hold firearm manufacturers and dealers liable for their daughter’s death, as reported by the New York Times, but an official with a firearms industry organization told Ammoland that, in his opinion, the legal action is frivolous.

Jim and Ann-Marie Parsons, who reside in Washington State, filed their case in District Court in Clark County, Nev., according to CBS News.

Named as defendants in the case are Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC, Colt Defense LLC, Christensen Arms, Daniel Defense, Inc., Patriot Ordnance Factory, FN America, FN Herstal, and several other named companies.

It’s the first lawsuit seeking to blame gun makers and dealers in the attack, launched by a killer identified as Stephen Paddock. He used several semiautomatic rifles fitted with “bump stocks” to kill 58 people and wound more than 420 others in a crowd gathered at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las …Read the Rest

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