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Smith & Wesson sued over link to July 4 parade mass shooting
The Associated Press ^ | September 28, 2022 | By KATHLEEN FOODY

Posted on 09/28/2022 11:43:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

CHICAGO (AP) — The gun-maker Smith & Wesson illegally targeted young men at risk of violence with ads for firearms — including the 22-year-old gunman accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago and killing seven people, according to several lawsuits filed Wednesday in Illinois.

The lawsuits filed by people wounded while attending the Highland Park parade and the estates of several victims are the latest bid by victims of mass shootings to hold gun manufacturers accountable, despite broad protections for the industry in federal law.

Liz Turnipseed is among those filing lawsuits in Lake County on Wednesday against the gun manufacturer, the accused shooter and his father, along with two gun sellers.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Turnipseed said she had recently arrived at the parade with her husband and 3-year-old daughter, pointing out to the girl instruments in the high school band. She fell to the ground after being shot in the pelvis and remembers seeing her daughter’s stroller on its side and asking her husband to get their daughter to safety.

Turnipseed said she required weeks of intense wound care, expects to need a cane for some time and is in therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. She also was forced to delay an embryo transfer scheduled for July 12; her doctors now fear it’s dangerous for her to become pregnant.

Prosecutors have said Robert E. Crimo III admitted to the parade killings once police arrested him hours after the attack.

Turnipseed’s lawsuit largely focused on the company that produced the M&P 15 semiautomatic rifle that authorities identified as Crimo’s weapon.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; banglist; chicago; secondamendment; smithandwesson
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1 posted on 09/28/2022 11:43:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They should sue whoever made the car maker of the car that took the killer to the scene too.


2 posted on 09/28/2022 11:46:35 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This will go nowhere.

And the plaintiff should have to pay all the costs.

L


3 posted on 09/28/2022 11:48:21 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They should sue the kids parents for not raising a decent human being.


4 posted on 09/28/2022 11:48:28 AM PDT by McGavin999 (A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well I guess I’ll just have to make sure I buy even more of their product now...


5 posted on 09/28/2022 11:48:31 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“illegally targeted young men at risk of violence with ads”

Which law exactly says it’s illegal to market your product with ads???


6 posted on 09/28/2022 11:49:33 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How come I never see any ads for firearms ever?


7 posted on 09/28/2022 11:52:11 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: gibsonguy

Also, the doctor who delivered him at birth.


8 posted on 09/28/2022 11:53:18 AM PDT by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: Boogieman

Was the gun legal?


9 posted on 09/28/2022 11:53:42 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Yup, I saw that S&W ad:

"Yo, yo, yo, if you're gonna gang bang, forget Glock and grab a real man's gun - the Smith & Wesson M&P 9."

10 posted on 09/28/2022 11:53:43 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: gibsonguy

Never mind flatware makers in the case of meat cleavers or butcher knives being used to assault people.


11 posted on 09/28/2022 11:55:17 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is the Lawful Commerce in Arms Act nullified? How can these suits continue?


12 posted on 09/28/2022 11:55:38 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The precedent was set with lawsuits against prescription opioid producers even though almost all opioid related deaths are from heroin and illicit fentanyl.
Convenient scapegoat.


13 posted on 09/28/2022 11:57:16 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

what a bogus money grab this is. I think turnipseed is a fake name for someone else.


14 posted on 09/28/2022 11:58:17 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What a misleading headline. There is no link.


15 posted on 09/28/2022 12:01:31 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: MrRelevant

I believe it was.


16 posted on 09/28/2022 12:10:28 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: spacejunkie2001

Turnipseed was the name of the guy who pulled his car out in front of James Dean, causing his death.


17 posted on 09/28/2022 12:14:16 PM PDT by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I stopped reading when I got to “Liz Turnipseed”, if ever there was a bullshit FAKE name, this is it!


18 posted on 09/28/2022 12:14:24 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Crazy, the shooter used a 9mm KelTec 2000 carbine. Furthest from an S&W AR15 as you can get.

As a matter of fact, the press wanted it to be an AR15 but they endded up using the phrase, assault style weapon. And then they kind of dropped coverage of the event and the shooter because it didnt fit their narrative.


19 posted on 09/28/2022 12:20:30 PM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...She also was forced to delay an embryo transfer scheduled for July 12..”

Oh pleeeeaze! I won’t say it.

We don’t need anymore turnipseeds!


20 posted on 09/28/2022 12:22:07 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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