Victim in Brooklyn subway shooting sues gun maker Glock

A lady wounded in final month's mass taking pictures on a New York Metropolis subway filed a lawsuit Tuesday towards the maker of the handgun allegedly used within the assault and its guardian firm, accusing the firearm producer of "reckless disregard for human life."

Authorities say a 9mm Glock semiautomatic handgun was used within the assault.

In her lawsuit, filed in federal court docket in Brooklyn, Ilene Steur stated Glock has "endangered the general public well being and security" with the advertising, distribution and gross sales of its weapons.

An electronic mail searching for remark was despatched to Glock.

Steur was certainly one of 10 folks shot and wounded on April 12 when a gunman fired dozens of bullets in a practice filled with morning commuters. The person charged within the assault, Frank James, has pleaded not responsible to terrorism and different counts.

Within the lawsuit, Glock is accused of "advertising that emphasizes firearm traits comparable to their excessive capability and ease of concealment, that enchantment to potential purchasers with legal intent."

The lawsuit was filed because the nation reels from final week's bloodbath of 19 youngsters and two lecturers at an elementary college in Uvalde, Texas.

In February, the households of 9 victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary College taking pictures reached a $73 million settlement in a lawsuit towards Remington, the maker of the rifle utilized in that assault.

The households stated the corporate ought to have by no means bought such a harmful weapon to the general public. They stated their focus was on stopping future mass shootings by forcing gun firms to be extra accountable with their merchandise and the way they market them.

Gun rights teams stated the settlement would seemingly have little impact on rifle gross sales and gun makers, who proceed to be shielded from legal responsibility generally below federal legislation. However some consultants stated it might immediate insurance coverage firms to strain gun makers into making some adjustments.