The suit alleges the use of reckless marketing tactics targeting young men at risk for violent behavior.
A magazine supplier has been sued after a FedEx shooting in Indy left 8 people dead. The suit alleges reckless marketing.The son of a man killed in a 2021 mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility filed a federal lawsuit Thursday with two of the survivors against the distributor of the 60-round magazine used by the gunman, alleging the use of reckless marketing tactics targeting young men at risk for violent behavior.
"American Tactical, Inc. is well aware that these magazines are instruments of mass killing and have no problem marketing them directly to people with horrific intentions," said Gurinder Singh Bains. whose father, Jaswinder Singh, died in the shooting. A person who answered the phone for American Tactical said the company had no immediate comment. Email seeking comment was sent to Schmeisser GmbH and 365 Plus.
Gunmakers are typically immune from lawsuits over crimes committed with their products under federal law, but survivors and families are increasingly seeking to hold the industry accountable by following in the footsteps of families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut. They won a $73 million settlement from gunmaker Remington over marketing practices.
& Wesson of illegally targeting its ads at young men at risk of committing mass violence. And in November, the mother of a girl killed in the Uvalde, Texas school mass shooting similarly sued the maker of the AR-style semiautomatic rifle the gunman used to fire more than 100 rounds. The lawsuit says the shooter needed the high-capacity magazine to "accomplish his mission to kill and terrorize as many people as possible." He was emboldened by "knowing he had the ability to fire 60 rounds continuously without the need to pause to reload," the complaint says.
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