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Michigan Shooting Survivor Files Lawsuit Against Company That Sells Ghost Guns
Detroit, MI (CBS Detroit) — All it took was a credit card and the internet for Guy Boyd’s life to change forever. Boyd’s friend bought…
Michigan Shooting Survivor Sues After Former Friend Shot Him In Face With Ghost Gun
Detroit, MI (Detroit Free Press) — Guy Boyd said he had never heard of a ghost gun — a homemade gun made from parts —…
Baltimore Sues A.T.F. Over Access to Gun Data
Baltimore, MD (New York Times) — The City of Baltimore is suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for blocking access to data…
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott Sues ATF for Gun Crime Data; Two-Decade-Old Law Is in the Way
Baltimore, MD (WYPR) — Baltimore City is suing the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to gain access to certain gun crime…
Baltimore Wants to Know Where Guns Used in Crimes Come From. It’s Suing the ATF to Get the Data.
Baltimore, MD (The Baltimore Banner) — Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is suing the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for data about where…
Baltimore Sues ATF Over Gun Data Denied in Public Information Request
Baltimore, MD (The Baltimore Sun) — Baltimore is suing the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arguing the agency should release data to…
Baltimore City Suing ATF Over Improper Denial of Gun Crime Data
Baltimore, MD (WJZ) — Baltimore City has filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), alleging that the agency improperly…
The Volunteer Moms Poring Over Archives to Prove Clarence Thomas Wrong
In 2018, after a teenage gunman murdered 14 students and three faculty members at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Jennifer Birch, fearing for the…
Attorneys for Survivors of Buffalo Shooting and Family of Victim File Lawsuits Against Shooter’s Parents, Gun Companies and Social Media Companies
Buffalo, NY (CNN) – Attorneys representing survivors and a family member of one of the victims who died in the racist mass…
Buffalo Mass Shooting Witnesses Sue Gun Industry, Others for Trauma
Buffalo, NY (WaPo) – In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, survivors of last year’s Buffalo mass shooting alleged that members of the gun industry,…
Buffalo Shooting Witnesses File Lawsuit Over Trauma They Endured
Buffalo, NY (PBS) – Last year, a white gunman killed ten people in a racist shooting at a grocery store in a predominantly Black area…
Witnesses of Buffalo Mass Shooting File Rare Lawsuit Against Social Media and Gun Companies
16 people who witnessed a gunman open fire at a Tops grocery store–but avoided critical injuries–sued Tuesday over the trauma they endured. In a rare…
Teens Buying Ghost Guns Online, with Deadly Consequences
Springfield, VA (WaPo) – The families of the two teens, with the help of the anti-gun-violence group Everytown for Gun Safety, are now suing the…
LAPD Found 700 ‘Ghost Guns’ — Now It Is Getting $5 Million
California (LA Times) – In 2020, over the course of numerous investigations, the Los Angeles Police Department recovered more than 700 “ghost guns” — weapons…
L.A. City Attorney Wins $5M Settlement From Biggest U.S. Ghost Gun Manufacturer
California (LA Daily News) – The nation’s largest manufacturer of ghost gun kits must pay millions of dollars in penalties and must conduct customer background…
Two Children, a Burst of Gunfire and the Year That Came After
Uvalde, TX (NYT) – The better part of a year had elapsed since a gunman entered the classroom where Noah Orona and Mayah Zamora were…
‘Please Hurry’: 10-Year-Old’s Courageous 911 Call the Day of Uvalde Shooting
Texas (ABC News) – Thirty minutes into the deadly siege on her classroom in south Texas, a 10-year-old student did something extraordinary: She picked up…
Suit Settled Over Sale of Texas School Shooter’s Ammo
Houston, TX (AP) – The families of those killed and injured in a 2018 Texas high school shooting have settled a lawsuit they had filed against a Tennessee-based online…
Santa Fe Shooting Victims’ Families Reach Settlement With Ammo Company That Sold Bullets to Gunman
Houston, TX (HPM) – Families of the victims of the Santa Fe High school shooting in 2018 have settled with an online ammunition store that…
Santa Fe High School Shooting Victims’ Families, Survivors Settle With Ammunition Seller
Houston, TX (USA TODAY) – Survivors and families of the victims of a mass shooting at a Texas high school settled a lawsuit with companies that sold and shipped…
Uvalde Mom Sues Police, Gunmaker in School Massacre
Washington (AP) — The last conversation Sandra Torres had with her 10-year-old daughter was about her nervous excitement over whether she’d make the all-star softball…
Highland Park Shooting Victims Say They Are Fighting Back as They Cope Day by Day
Chicago, IL (WBEZ) — Lauren Bennett, who was shot twice, is among a group suing a gunmaker over the shooting. “Anything that could help prevent…
Highland Park Shooting Victims, Families Are Suing Gunmaker Smith & Wesson, Others
Chicago, IL (WBEZ) — The nearly dozen suits, filed in Lake County, claims the shooting was “predictable and preventable.” They add to the over 100…
Victims of Highland Park Shooting Sue Gun Maker and Retailers
The New York Times — Survivors and families of victims of the Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, Ill., have filed lawsuits against Smith…