Three gun shops that sold dozens of firearms to a man who trafficked the weapons in and around Washington, D.C., are facing a new lawsuit filed jointly Tuesday by attorneys general for Maryland and the nation’s capital. D.C.
FILE - A Washington Metropolitan Police vehicle is seen near the Capitol, Oct. 19, 2022, in Washington. Three gun shops that sold nearly three dozen firearms to a man who trafficked the weapons in and around Washington, D.C., are facing a new lawsuit filed Tuesday, jointly by attorneys general for Maryland and the nation’s capital.
The stores are accused of failing to respond to warning signs that the guns would be sold to other people, including bulk purchasing and repetitive purchases, known as straw purchasing, according to the lawsuit filed with the gun safety group Everytown Law. The lawsuit is the first to be filed jointly and comes after other civil suits against gun shops filed around the country, includingFederal workers around nation’s capital worry over Trump’s plans to send some of them elsewhereAdnan Syed’s murder conviction still stands in ‘Serial’ case as court orders new hearing
Schwalb said that the supply of weapons is fueled partly by straw purchasing. About 95% of guns recovered in Washington, D.C., which has strict gun laws, originally come from nearby Maryland or Virginia, he said. While some of those are stolen weapons, more come from illegal straw sales, according to data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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