Families of Texas school shooting victims sue gunmaker, Instagram

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Several families whose children were killed or wounded in a mass shooting at their Texas school two years ago have sued the gun manufacturer as well as Instagram and video game company Activision for marketing the weapon, their lawyer said Friday.

A girl lays flowers at a makeshift memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas in May 2022.

"Well before he was old enough to purchase it, he was targeted and cultivated online by Instagram, Activision and Daniel Defense," Koskoff said in his statement. "This three-headed monster knowingly exposed him to the weapon, conditioned him to see it as a tool to solve his problems and trained him to use it."Activision issued a statement saying the Uvalde shooting was"horrendous and heartbreaking in every way" and expressed sympathies to the families.

Officers eventually shot and killed the gunman but waited more than an hour before storming the classroom where he was holed up. School shootings have become a regular occurrence in a country where about a third of adults own a firearm and regulations on purchasing even powerful

 

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