Uvalde School Shooting Victim's Mom Sues Police, Gunmaker Daniel Defense That Sold AR-15 Rifle to Shooter

A mother who lost her daughter in the Uvalde school shooting massacre in Texas has filed a lawsuit against the police and gun manufacturer Daniel Defense that made and sold the AR-15 used by the shooter.

Prominent gun control advocacy group, Everytown for Gun Safety, filed the federal lawsuit Monday on behalf of Sandra Torres, who is seeking justice for her late 10-year-old Eliahna Torres.

Uvalde school shooter Salvador Ramos used an AR-15-style rifle to shoot and kill Eliahna and 18 other children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School on May 24. Ramos fired more than 100 rounds in the horrific mass shooting.

Torres said: "My baby never made it out of the school," adding that "there's no accountability or transparency" and "nothing" is being done.

In a statement, Torres noted that "Eliahna loved her family, and she knew how much we loved her... I miss her every moment of every day. I've brought this lawsuit to seek accountability. No parent should ever go through what I have."

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Daniel Defense Unfairly Marketed AR-15 Says Lawsuit by Uvalde School Shooting Victim's Mom

According to Buzzfeed, the lawsuit alleged that Daniel Defense unfairly marketed the AR-15 in violation of federal trade law and then negligently transferred it to the shooter through the Oasis Outback gun shop.

The lawsuit noted that Salvador Ramos was "young, isolated, troubled, and violent," and the Daniel Defense directed marketing toward that demographic using "militaristic imagery" that suggested to customers that they should use such weapons to engage in combat missions.

The lawsuit also claimed that Daniel Defense put its products in games like "Call of Duty" and used social media platforms to suggest that customers reenact video games in real life.

The company's social media page reportedly used memes and pop culture references to market its guns to make it appealing to a younger audience, such as Ramos.

According to the lawsuit, Oasis Outback, which transferred the gun to Ramos after he bought it online, was also responsible for the mass shooting.

The lawsuit also named the school district and several individual law enforcement officers, including the recently-sacked Pete Arredondo, the former Uvalde school district police chief, for their failure to respond properly to the school massacre.

Uvalde School Shooting Victim's Mom Case Against Daniel Defense

According to NBC 5-Dallas-Fort Worth, Marty Daniels, CEO of the Daniel Defense based in Black Creek, Georgia, has even called the Uvalde shooting and similar incidents "pure evil" and "deeply disturbing" during a congressional hearing over the summer.

The Associated Press reported that these weapons manufacturers are usually immune under federal law from lawsuits over crimes committed with their products.

However, things have changed after the families of victims of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, won a case against Remington Arms, the maker of the weapon used by the shooter, earlier this year.

The victims' families secured a $73 million settlement after successfully arguing that suing over marketing under state law was an exception to the immunity measure. Sandra Torres is now employing the same tactic as she goes after Daniel Defense.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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