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The search for accountability in the unending era of American mass shootings is turning to novel legal tactics against the parents who raise shooters, the gun manufacturers that appeal to them and the social media platforms where they might learn radical behavior.
Suing gun manufacturers. This week, Everytown Law and the city of Chicago, making use of a new firearm responsibility law in Illinois, filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer Glock arguing that Glock is helping spread illegal machine guns. They argue that Glock is responsible because its handguns can easily be refashioned into automatic weapons using a so-called “Glock switch,” even though it is not manufactured by the company.
RELATED: CNN Investigates filed this report in 2022 about a device that can turn a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun.
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