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.
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They should sue whoever made the car maker of the car that took the killer to the scene too.
This will go nowhere.
And the plaintiff should have to pay all the costs.
L
They should sue the kids parents for not raising a decent human being.
Well I guess I’ll just have to make sure I buy even more of their product now...
“illegally targeted young men at risk of violence with ads”
Which law exactly says it’s illegal to market your product with ads???
How come I never see any ads for firearms ever?
Also, the doctor who delivered him at birth.
Was the gun legal?
"Yo, yo, yo, if you're gonna gang bang, forget Glock and grab a real man's gun - the Smith & Wesson M&P 9."
Never mind flatware makers in the case of meat cleavers or butcher knives being used to assault people.
Is the Lawful Commerce in Arms Act nullified? How can these suits continue?
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.
what a bogus money grab this is. I think turnipseed is a fake name for someone else.
What a misleading headline. There is no link.
I believe it was.
Turnipseed was the name of the guy who pulled his car out in front of James Dean, causing his death.
I stopped reading when I got to “Liz Turnipseed”, if ever there was a bullshit FAKE name, this is it!
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.
“...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!
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