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    Kentucky Jury Orders Gun Kit Seller to Pay More Than $100 Million in Teen’s Death

    7.17.2026

      Louisville, KY (New York Times) — A Kentucky jury ordered the manufacturer of a gun kit to pay about $104 million in damages after an 18-year-old who bought the kit through its website used the assembled handgun to take his own life.

      The verdict included $4.2 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages, according to Dana Mulhauser, a lawyer for the teenager’s family, including his mother, Laura Herp.

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      Did you know?

      30 percent of guns recovered by ATF in California have no serial number on them, making it impossible for law enforcement to trace.

      Stephens A. “Ghost Guns Are Everywhere in California”. The Trace. (2019). https://bit.ly/2DKkIlt