California judge has ruled victims of the fatal 2019 synagogue shooting near San Diego can sue the weapon manufacturer and the gun shop that sold the semiautomatic rifle to the teenage gunman, according to a news report.
One worshiper was killed and three were wounded in the April 2019 Passover service in Poway, Calif.
Superior Court Judge Kenneth Medel said Wednesday the victims and families connected to the shooting have adequately alleged that gunmaker Smith & Wesson knew its AR-15-style rifle could be easily modified into a machine-gun-like or an assault weapon in violation of state law, according to the Associated Press.
A 2005 federal law shields gunmakers from damages in most cases for crimes committed with their weapons. But it allows lawsuits if the manufacturer was negligent or knowingly violated a state or federal law, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday.
I think car and truck manufactures, knife makers, baseball bat makers should be also sued if someone is killed with their products. after all it didnt kill someone by itself
These crazy liberal judges have got to go!
Here we go !!!!
Thats going to set a nice precedent for a lot of lawyers. Any company that makes a product that is used to commit murder better take note and stand with gun manufacturers to fight this.