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A gun dealer in Lexington, Ky., is facing a lawsuit brought by survivors of a mass shooting that took place in Highland Park, Ill., at a Fourth of July parade in 2022. The Bud's Gun Shop lawsuit claims the gun store sold and shipped the firearm used to carry out the deadly attack to someone who lived in Highland Park. Is Bud's Gun Shop going out of business as a result?

Bud's Gun Shop & Range in Lexington sells new and used firearms and ships them to customers as well. It has a 12,000 square foot retail showroom and claims to offer the largest selection of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories in the U.S.

Prior to the July parade shooting in Illinois in 2022, a 2019 shooting at Bud's Gun Shop itself left one person dead. According to WKYT.com, the shooting happened within the Bud's Gun Shop shooting range. Customers can pay $20 per hour or $12.50 for 30 minutes in the shooting range, with discounts for a second and third person per lane.

The Bud's Gun Shop death in 2019, which a Reddit thread claims was a suicide, prompted Bud's Gun Shop to close for that weekend only. The gun store hasn't closed in the wake of the Highland Park shooting, and its in-person and online businesses are still thriving.

In July 2022, a shooter opened fire with an assault-style rifle from the top of a commercial building, spraying bullets over the crowd gathered below. Seven people died as a result of the attack, and dozens more were injured, including a young boy who was paralyzed.

Associated Press initially reported that the shooter had legally acquired five firearms in Illinois, including the one used in the deadly attack. However, in late September 2022, Jason and Keely Roberts filed a lawsuit against Bud's Gun Shop as well as Smith & Wesson Brands and Red Dot Arms LLC.

The Roberts are parents to a child who was paralyzed by a bullet that hit him at the Highland Park parade. According to the lawsuit, Bud's Gun Shop sold the gun that the alleged shooter Robert Crimo III used to carry out his attack. Highland Park doesn't allow residents to acquire or possess assault weapons.

The Bud's Gun Shop lawsuit also claims that the Lexington-based store shipped the assault rifle to Red Dot Arms, a gun dealer in Illinois, and that Red Dot completed the transfer to the alleged shooter. According to the lawsuit, both gun shops knew that Crimo's address prohibited him from owning the weapon.

The alleged shooter and his father are also being sued. Crimo III has been indicted on 117 counts by a grand jury. Felony charges of murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery are among the numerous charges, to which he pled not guilty in August 2022.

As CNBC reported in October, gun companies generally have a broad immunity in mass shootings. However, a representative of the plaintifs, Eric Tirschwell of Everytown Law, says, “The shooter in Highland Park didn’t act on his own.” Victims are claiming that gun shops like Bud's Gun Shop bear responsibility for the mass shooting.

The 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, or PLCAA, offers broad federal protections to gun manufacturers and dealers after their products are used to commit crimes. If companies are shown to have used illicit sales or marketing tactics, the claims are more likely to have merit in court.

The recent $73 million settlement between Remington and the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting may influence how the Bud's Gun Shop lawsuit proceeds.

By the above logic, Obama and Holder should be on the hook for at minimum the Border Patrol officer killed by the fast and furious gun gifts to the cartels. I hope Buds sticks to their guns, literally, and highlights rampant unchecked violence in Chicago. Wouldn’t it be sweet to see Beetlejuice and company named in rolling lawsuits for facilitating the violence in Chicago?

Maybe we should sue news outlets for biased/shitty reporting. What does a suicide at Dud's Range have to do with the lawsuit and the shooting Crimo did?

And to remember who this guy is, there were many warning signs he was not a stable individual...
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/05...k-suspect/index.html

Nothing other than to increase the award to the plaintiffs should they win. And let’s not forget the lawyers who will see their fees increase

It’s not illegal to ship items for sale. The end FFL is the one who completed the required paperwork for the sale..also contacting and running a NICS test-that the buyer passed. Also, local “laws” forbidding a persons constitutional rights are moot as explained by the US Supreme Courts recent cases…

Were I on that jury, there is no way I could find the manufacturer or seller guilty

They're not shooting for a jury win. Like most frivolous lawsuits, they're banking on Buds taking the cheaper route and settling instead of paying to keep fighting it, just like Remington did.

What a giant steaming pile of manure! It’s a slippery slope of logic used to justify such frivolous crap. Place the blame on the crazy asshole who pulled the trigger. If I recall, the police had taken away knives or something in the past that could have been used to flag the nut and prohibit him from ownership.

What's next? Should people be suing Jim Beam when someone drives drunk? Or how about suing an auto manufacturer when there's a car accident.

I hope Bud's doesn't settle and sues then.

I know there is a lot of cons with the loser pays argument but sometimes it's needed to prevent this. Find a slimy lawyer willing to ride the emotional coattails of a family who had a family member killed and they'll find a way to make a buck.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
they're banking on Buds taking the cheaper route and settling instead of paying to keep fighting it

I'm thinking Bud's has quite a loyal following across the country and could put together a heck of a crowdsourced fund for its legal fees.

Better yet: a good judge calls BS on this and puts it all to rest for good.

That civil suit is going absolutely nowhere. I was very pleased that the Father was being charged. Talk about culpable. Clearly he was an accessory.

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Originally posted by Edmond:
What's next? Should people be suing Jim Beam when someone drives drunk? Or how about suing an auto manufacturer when there's a car accident.

Exactly! Sue Ford/Chevy/Toyota! Sue the dealership that sold the car!
But auto makers have more "wack" than gun manufacturers and gun shops.
And EVERYONE loves & needs cars. No one really cares about the actual numbers of car deaths/ Drunk Driving incidents that far overshadow gun deaths, including suicides.

Here's the problem- it's "death by a thousand cuts"
How much did the Sandyhook lawsuit cost before the settlement? $73 Million is a lot of money for ANY company to hand over.
It's only a matter of time before one of these suits hammer a gun manufacturer or gun shop.
Oh, don't believe me? Look at the current set of Judges now on benches across America vs Judges 10, 15, 20 years ago? I'd say a lot more "left" leaning, wouldn't you? Until that day comes, it's a slow bleeding of the gun industry... "Death by a thousand cuts"