Reply #6: I still don't understand this lawsuit [View All]

[NickB79]

Bushmaster makes a legal firearm and sells it to a legal gun distributor. This distributor then sells it (again, legally) to a gun shop owner with a valid FFL (federal firearms license). Then, at some point after this, the gun ends up in the hands of two men who could not legally purchase such a gun. Either the gun shop owner illegally sold the rifle to the snipers, someone else performed a straw purchase for them, or the snipers stole it. All three of these possibilities were all illegal but none include an illegal act by Bushmaster themselves. Therefore, how is Bushmaster remotely responsible in this lawsuit if they committed no crime?