KCMO files gun safety lawsuit with Everytown Law aimed at stemming violence
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, has filed a public nuisance lawsuit against a Nevada gun manufacturer and multiple firearms dealers in the Kansas City area in connection with a federal gun-trafficking case.
“The headline is important, because a city is filing suit against a gun manufacturer for the first time in 10 years,” Mayor Quinton Lucas said in announcing the lawsuit.
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Samuels was arrested in October 2018 and charged with a range of federal gun trafficking charges, including at least one firearm that was used in the commission of a homicide.
According to federal prosecutors, Samuels purchased 77 firearms between November 2013 and October 2018, including 57 Jimenez Arms pistols, of which at least 47 were transferred to third parties in violation of federal law.
If the dealer knowing sold to a straw purchaser, I could see liability.
I can't see liability for the manufacturer under any circumstances.