Brooklyn subway shooting victim sues gun-maker Glock for fueling 'public nuisance'

A woman who was shot in the Brooklyn subway shooting in April that left 10 people injured filed a lawsuit Tuesday against gun maker Glock Inc.

A woman who was shot in a Brooklyn subway shooting that left 10 people wounded filed a lawsuit Tuesday against gun-maker Glock Inc. and its parent company, accusing them of fueling "a public nuisance" in New York and endangering public health and safety.

Ilene Steur, the woman behind the federal lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of New York, was on her way to work when she was shot in the April 12 attack in which a gunman fired dozens of bullets aboard a busy subway train.

Frank James, who is charged with committing the attack, is alleged to have used a 9mm Glock handgun in the shooting. Last month, he pleaded not guilty to terrorism and weapons charges.

New Yorkers on edge over subway danger following Brooklyn shootingApril 16, 202203:22In the lawsuit, Steur, 49, and her lawyers accuse Glock of marketing its products in ways that emphasize "firearm characteristics such as their high capacity and ease of concealment, that appeal to prospective purchasers with criminal intent.”

The lawsuit further accuses Glock of "purposely supplying more firearms than the legitimate market could bear in order to induce sales in the secondary market," as well as of failing to train dealers to avoid illegal transactions, and refusing to shut down contracts with distributors who have sold to dealers "with disproportionately high volumes of guns traced to crime scenes."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/brooklyn-subway-shooting-victim-sues-gun-maker-glock-fueling-public-nu-rcna31372


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