Victims of the 2018 Toronto shooting sue US gun maker for 'not making guns safer'

Victims of a 2018 shooting ramp in Toronto that left two de and 13 injured are suing American maker of pistol used in attack, holding it responsible for t making guns safer. class action, according to court documents obtained by AFP on Tuesday, alleges that Smith and Wesson knew that its M&P 40 handgun "was an ultra-hazardous product." And it should have kwn that weapon might end up being stolen and used to harm or kill incent people, suit claims.

Yet company chose t to incorporate safety features such as fingerprint recognition to prevent unauthorized users, it alleges. class action, which must still be certified, is seeking USD 115 million in dams. Le plaintiffs Samantha Price and Skye McLeod said in a statement of claim that y'd gone out for ice cream with friends on evening of July 22, 2018, when y were confronted by a man opening fire on Toronto's bustling Danforth Avenue. Price was struck by a bullet but survived.

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McLeod was injured while fleeing. ir friend Reese Fallon, 18, and 10-year-old Julianna Kozis were shot de. After an exchange of gunfire with police, shooter took his own life. Police still don't kw how he obtained gun, which h been reported stolen from a Saskatchewan shop in 2015. But lawsuit tes that Smith and Wesson were aware that "more than 200,000 firearms" like one used in Danforth shooting "were stolen from ir owners every year in United States."

company h agreed in 2000 to incorporate smart gun techlogies in new models by March 2003 to dress this. deal, however, collapsed after United States passed a law in 2005 shielding gun manufacturers and dealers from liability when crimes are committed with ir products. shield does t apply in Cana. In March, a Connecticut court ruled that US gunmaker Remington can be sued over 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in which one of its weapons was used to kill 20 children and six staffers.

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That lawsuit alleges that Remington is culpable because it kwingly marketed a military-gre weapon that is "grossly unsuited" for civilian use yet h become gun most used in mass shootings. In Canian case, plaintiffs say Smith and Wesson should have included safety techlogy in its .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol, which was me available for sale in Cana starting in 2013, "so as to avoid, prevent or deter substantial and foreseeable harm." Manufacturers have claimed that techlogy is expensive and impractical. Patrick McLeod, far of one of Danforth victims and a former police officer, disagrees. "I can look at my iPhone and it unlocks. Meanwhile, we're selling semi-automatic handguns that have safety devices on m at all," he told Globe and Mail.

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