Families of students killed in the May 24, 2022, Uvalde school shooting filed numerous wrongful death lawsuits Friday in Texas and California, targeting AR-15 maker Daniel Defense, Meta Platforms, and Activision — the maker of the “Call of Duty ” video game.
Meta is the parent firm of Instagram.
CBS News reported that the “lawsuits were filed by lawyer Josh Koskoff. ”
Koskoff is the lawyer who successfully sued Remington after a stolen rifle, manufactured by the Remington community of weapon, was used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School harm.
The Associated Press ( AP) quoted Koskoff commenting on the Uvalde claims, pointing to Daniel Defense, Meta, and Activision, saying, “There is a clear line between the do of these businesses and the Uvalde shooting…This three-headed monster deliberately exposed him to the weapons, conditioned him to see it as a resource to resolve his problems and trained him to use it. ”
The AP post noted:
According to the claims, the Uvalde gunman had played versions of Call of Duty since he was 15, including one that allowed him to successfully practice with the type of the weapons he used at the university. The people also accused Instagram of doing little to maintain its laws that ban advertising firearms and hazardous content to children.
The Uvalde shooter opened an online account with Daniel Defense before his 18th birthday and purchased the rifle as soon as he could, according to the lawsuit.
“Simultaneously, on Instagram, the shooter was being courted through explicit, aggressive marketing. In addition to hundreds of images depicting and venerating the thrill of combat, Daniel Defense used Instagram to extol the illegal, murderous use of its weapons, ” the families’ attorneys said in a statement.
A$ 500 million lawsuit was also filed Wednesday against certain departments of Texas law enforcement over their response to the shooting, particularly law enforcement’s alleged delay in confronting the shooter to end the attack.
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