According to several lawsuits filed in Illinois, gun-maker Smith & Wesson illegally targeted young men at risk of violence with ads for firearms — including the 22-year-old gunman accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago and killing seven people.
Turnipseed said she required weeks of intense wound care, expects to need a cane for some time and is in therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. She also was forced to delay an embryo transfer scheduled for July 12; her doctors now fear it's dangerous for her to become pregnant.
Turnipseed's lawsuit largely focused on Smith & Wesson, the gun manufacturer that produced the Military and Police 15 semiautomatic rifle that authorities identified as the gunman's weapon. Advertising text bills the rifle as “capable of handling as many rounds as you are" and providing “pure adrenaline.” One ad shows the M&P 15 on a dark background above the phrase “kick brass” in a bold red font and capital letters.
The lawsuits also allege that two gun stores – online distributor Bud’s Gun Shop and Lake Villa retailer Red Dot Arms — negligently and illegally sold a Smith & Wesson M&P assault rifle — to the shooter in violation of the assault weapons bans in Highwood, and Highland Park.
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