Buffalo Sues Gunmakers In Wake Of Mass Shooting

Courthouse News reports:

The city of Buffalo sued a slew of gunmakers Tuesday, accusing them of oversupplying weapons and using marketing tactics that have fueled gun violence in the city. In May, the city was rattled after a white teenage gunman killed 10 people at a Tops supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo.  Among the defendants in Erie County Supreme Court are major gunmakers Smith & Wesson, Glock, Remington and Beretta, as well as several ghost gun manufacturers.

Represented by attorneys at Napoli Shkolnik in Melville, N.Y., the city of Buffalo says these gun makers oversaturated the legitimate market with firearms, giving way to a secondary, underground trade. Buffalo says the manufacturers could have been targeting people who would use weapons to commit crimes, noting that the advertising for the weapons tends to emphasize high capacity and easy concealment.

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Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said gunmakers have “unreasonably interfered with the public’s right to use open space free from fear.”https://t.co/DHiwDg9vQP

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