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Lawsuits Oct 11, 2017

Lawsuit Filed Against Moran, Texas, Bump Stock Maker Slide Fire

A gun control group has filed suit against a bump stock manufacturer seeking damages and counseling for the survivors of a mass shooting in Las Vegas earlier this month. Gunman Stephen Paddock had 12 rifles mounted with bump stocks when he fired from his 32nd floor suite in the Mandalay Hotel at the street-level Route 91 Harvest Festival, before killing himself. The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed the class action suit against …

News Oct 10, 2017

Lawsuit Over Las Vegas Shooting Tests Gun Industry’s Immunity

Last week’s massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival offers gun control advocates a fresh chance to test a law, put in place by Republicans and the gun industry’s lobby, that protects the industry from liability for the criminal actions of some of their customers. Starting with a lawsuit filed late last week in Nevada state court, the effort follows similar litigation over mass killings, …

Lawsuits Oct 9, 2017

Las Vegas Concert Goers File Lawsuit Against Bump Stock Company

A group of people who attended the Route 91 Harvest Festival are suing a company that makes bump fire stocks, KLAS reports.

Police say gunman Stephen Paddock had an arsenal of weapons, including bump fire stocks, in his hotel suite when he opened fire on the music festival one week ago, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds others. Bump fire stocks are …