Nevada supreme court: gun makers not liable for 2017 Vegas shooting deaths
by Associated Press in Reno, Nevada from US news | The Guardian on (#5SNZ6)
- Stephen Paddock killed 60 with modified AR-15 rifle
- Parents of one victim sued Colt and other manufacturers
The Nevada supreme court has said gun manufacturers cannot be held liable for deaths in the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip which killed 60, because a state law shields them from liability unless the weapon malfunctions.
The parents of a woman among those killed at a packed music festival filed a wrongful death suit against Colt Manufacturing and several other gun manufacturers in July 2019.
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